Usage of the character 斂

(literary) to hold back
(literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
to collect; to gather
Taiwan pr. (liàn)

liàn

敛

[斂]

variant of 殮／殓 (liàn)

liǎnqián

敛钱

[斂錢]

to collect money
to raise funds (for charity)

liǎnjì

敛迹

[斂跡]

to refrain
to give up evil (temporarily)
to cover one's traces
to lie low
to retire (from view)

liǎnba

敛巴

[斂巴]

(dialect) to gather up; to throw together

nèiliǎn

内敛

[內斂]

introverted
reserved
(artistic style) understated

bàoliǎn

暴敛

[暴斂]

to overtax
to extort

shōuliǎn

收敛

[收斂]

to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish
to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
to astringe
(math.) to converge

zhēngliǎn

征敛

[征斂]

to extort taxes

liǎnrèn

敛衽

[斂衽]

old-fashioned women's obeisance
Taiwan pr. (liànrèn)

liǎncái

敛财

[斂財]

to accumulate wealth
to rake in money

liǎnbù

敛步

[斂步]

(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt

jùliǎn

聚敛

[聚斂]

to accumulate
to gather
to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means
(science) convergent

shōuliǎnxìng

收敛性

[收斂性]

convergence (math.)
astringent

póuliǎnwúyàn

裒敛无厌

[裒斂無厭]

to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
to continually plunder (idiom)

shōuliǎnjíshù

收敛级数

[收斂級數]

convergent series (math.)

fēngmángnèiliǎn

锋芒内敛

[鋒芒內斂]

to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)

shōuliǎnfēngmáng

收敛锋芒

[收斂鋒芒]

to draw in one's claws
to show some modesty

shōuliǎnxùliè

收敛序列

[收斂序列]

convergent sequence (math.)

zhēngliǎnwúdù

征敛无度

[征斂無度]

to extort taxes excessively

héngzhēngbàoliǎn

横征暴敛

[橫征暴斂]

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force