to coerce
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6.4
- verb
- /koʊˈɜrs/
- Offensive
:
coaccionar a
- Power is when you force or coerce somebody to do your will.
- coerce people
- coerce compliance
- threaten or coerce
And Jeremy's like, listen, I would probably coerce people to have sex with me.
- And Jeremy's like, listen, I would probably coerce people to have sex with me.
- So we, we should be able to do what we want without being coerced by others.
- He did attempt to and in some instances successfully coerce and bribe officials to help them.
- And so manipulation is where you lie, you coerce, you emotionally blackmail, those sorts of things.
- For those of you playing at home, A Ukrainian oligarch claiming he was coerced into making the payoff.
- There's nothing that can stand against it or in front of it, let alone to coerce or compel it.
- It is sad, and it's sad for the British people as well because they are being coerced into being an economic zone.
- And so you, you have these sorts of things where people will insist vociferously that they're not being coerced and the courts simply ignore them.
- He never uses that to to challenge the confession and argue that the confession is coerced or false.
- And the the heading was something like lesbian speaks out about being trafficked, groomed, coerced into the cult of gender critical.
Examples
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Using intimidation, they sought to coerce the witnesses to change their testimonies.
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Second, President Clinton could employ threats to coerce Pyongyang to follow America's terms.
Academic text (1999) -
I only said that to coerce you.
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You can coerce people to obey your command.
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Unfortunately, some church leaders may attempt to coerce church members into submission.
Academic text (1992) -
So we, we should be able to do what we want without being coerced by others.
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In other words, a dictator must coerce his people into acclaiming him.
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Some went willingly, while some were coerced by threats of violence.
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For the most part, African government agencies are ineffectual in coercing citizens to comply with state objectives.
Academic text (1992) -
The manager tried to coerce the employees to work overtime by threatening their contracts.
Synonyms
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1.0
To force someone to do something
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2.3
To make someone do something by using power or pressure
294
4.9
To frighten someone so they do what you want
271
4.8
Force someone to accept something they do not want
258
4.8
Force someone to do something or make them feel they must
149
4.2
To try to make someone do something
145
6.7
To frighten someone very much by using threats or violence
79
4.8
To force someone to do something or give you something
72
4.5
To make someone do something because the law or rules say so
64
5.6
To limit what someone can do or how they can act
60
5.5
To force someone to accept something or to ask too much of them
41
6.7
To force something on someone, often against their will
15
7.5
To force someone to do something by threats or violence
8
8.3
To force someone to do something by threatening them
6
8.2
To force someone to do something by threats or strong pressure
4
7.2
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
3
7.6
Make someone or something obey after they resist
1
6.5
Make someone decide or act sooner than they want
1
4.4
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
1
9.7
To force someone to do something by threats or strong pressure
To force someone to do something they do not want to do
Antonyms
How Coercive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coerce comes from Latin parts co- 'together' and arcere 'to shut in' or 'hold back'. So to coerce someone is to 'shut them in' with force or threats and make them do something against their will.