† ˈpollage Obs.
Also 6 pollag.
[app. f. poll v. + -age, after pillage, etc.; but often associated with the exaction of poll-money.]
a. Extortion or legalized robbery. b. Exaction of a poll-tax.
| 1538 Bale Brefe Comedy in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 206 A publicane I am, and moch do lyve by pollage. 1545 Brinklow Compl. xxiii. (1874) 55 Some wil say yes, his tributys, and other pollagys, be taken from him. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 32 As though these pollages and pillages were not ill enough. 1894 Pop. Sc. Monthly XLIV. 299 In Switzerland this pollage is still levied. |