Imposed a tariff, maybe (5)

I believe the answer is:

taxed

(Other definitions for taxed that I've seen before include "Was demanding" , "Made heavy demands on" , "Weighed down" , "Stretched" , "Heavily burdened" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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