聚敛

Traditional form:

聚斂

Pinyin (reading):

jùliǎn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 聚 - to assemble, to collect, to meet
• 敛 - to collect, to extort

Traditional characters:

• 聚 - to assemble, to collect, to meet
• 斂 - to collect, to extort