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UK
/kˌəʊˈɜːs/
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[ US /koʊˈɝs/ ]
[ US /koʊˈɝs/ ]
VERB
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to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
She forced him to take a job in the city
He squeezed her for information
How To Use coerce In A Sentence
- His client still insists that she was coerced into committing the blackmail offences by her co-defendant.
- Interestingly, some jurists even asserted that judges who rely on a coerced confession in a criminal conviction are to be held liable for the wrongful conviction.
- Lawyers expressed concern that women could be coerced and forced to accept apparently voluntary agreements to their disadvantage. Times, Sunday Times
- And the externality of being coerced is a major uncompensated one. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Hayek Belong in High School Economics Classes?
- Can we preserve nuance, detail and polychromy in our accounts of ourselves – as complex selves in a complex society – without being coerced into subscription towards one group identity or another by colour-blind demagogues? A true democracy demands constant revitalisation of the spirit of openness, generosity and liberality of opinion
- I know, I know, I can't coerce anyone into liking cats, but all I ask is that you please have an open mind about the species.
- All kinds of groups use fear to terrorize the loners and coerce fealty from those who don't want to be a target.
- Have you been coerced into giving this confession by any government agency or official?
- Stacy Sullivan, another counterterrorism adviser with Human Rights Watch, said the Military Commissions Act is unclear on what happens if a guilty plea is allegedly coerced from a detainee. Complete Disorder | ATTACKERMAN
- Where refugees are forced or coerced to return to their country of origin to fight, this is tantamount to refoulement, which is prohibited in all circumstances. 2. Protection