Levying meaning : To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. To draft someone into military service. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc. To wage war. To raise, as a siege. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up. The act by which something is levied.