1. stealth tax - Noun
2. stealth tax - Verb
A new or increased tax or other similar charge introduced so as to prevent people from noticing it.
Mandatory rendering of money to a government that is not explicitly identified as a tax.
stealth-tax (third-person singular simple present stealth-taxes, present participle stealth-taxing, simple past and past participle stealth-taxed)
To enact or collect a stealth tax
stealth-tax