rent-oppression

Updated: January 29, 2026

Habits of peace and industry have been neglected for the profession of arms, which was more suited to the disposition of the people and to the character of the times, and which has also tended to affect the revenue and to thin the population. The system of rent-oppression and extortion likewise, which has prevailed, has operated with the most injurious influence upon the country.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan