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Meaning of blood tax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tax paid by bloodshed; especially, a derogatory term for military conscription.

Equivalents

Português imposto de sangue

Examples

“"France is the mother of Conscription. What has she gained by that blood-tax?"”

“"I appeal to the working men of Great Britain..not to be misled by catch-phrases about ‘the liberty of the subject’ and the ridiculous cant about a ‘Blood Tax’!"”

“"They would have paid their blood-tax, done their own part in the immemorial human warfare against nature."”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

blood test blood thinner blood tick blood tofu blood transfusion blood tree