levied

[ lev-eed ]

adjective

1. (of a tax, duty, etc.) imposed or charged:

   The levied fees will be deposited into a special account and appropriated for disbursement on housing projects.

2. (of troops) conscripted:

   He had hoped to encircle and capture the fortress, but increasing unrest among the levied troops was making this more difficult than expected.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of levy ( def ).

Other Words From

• self-lev·ied adjective
• un·lev·ied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of levied¹

levy ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The title of her memoir is a play on the idiom “jack of all trades, master of none” — a criticism she says she’s heard levied at performers who, like her, dip their toes into various mediums.

From Los Angeles Times

However, I use bootstrapping in a sense that remains attentive to the actual claims expressed by Black American liberals such as Douglass, Easton and Stewart, who saw internal racial uplift as a central tenet for transforming their societies even as they levied devastating critiques of antebellum America’s inegalitarian social and political system that make such personal uplift all but impossible.

From Salon

Tenants would, however, be required to contribute to the tax rolls by an unspecified amount through a “possessory interest tax” that can be levied on private companies leasing public buildings.

From Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, Republicans here have attacked Prop 1 with cruel anti-trans messaging, not at all dissimilar to the dehumanizing language they’ve levied against transgender Americans in ads playing out in so many other states.

From Slate

To assess whether the penalties levied on TD Bank are appropriate, consider the facts as set forth in the bank’s plea agreement.

From Los Angeles Times