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Such inspectors aren't exactly lax (3)

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tax

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(Other definitions for tax that I've seen before include "Payment to the Exchequer" , "Impose levy or burden on" , "State levy" , "Make heavy demands on as Revenue Commissioners do" , "Tariff" .)

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