coerce

co·erce  (k-ûrs)

tr.v. co·erced, co·erc·ing, co·erc·es

1. To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel.

2. To dominate, restrain, or control forcibly: coerced the strikers into compliance. See Synonyms at force.

3. To bring about by force or threat: efforts to coerce agreement.

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[Latin coercre, to control, restrain : co-, co- + arcre, to enclose, confine.]

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co·ercer n.

co·erci·ble adj.

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coerce [koh-urss]

Verb

[-ercing, -erced] to compel or force [Latin co- together + arcere to enclose]

coercion n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

coerce - 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" force, hale, pressure, squeeze turn up the heat, turn up the pressure - apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election" drive - to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion" bludgeon - overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" steamroll, steamroller - bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat" squeeze for - squeeze someone for money, information, etc. dragoon, railroad, sandbag - compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" terrorise, terrorize - coerce by violence or with threats compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" bring oneself - cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents"

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coerce

verb force, compel, bully, intimidate, railroad (informal) constrain, bulldoze (informal) dragoon, pressurize, browbeat, press-gang, twist (someone's) arm (informal) drive

Translations

coerce [kəuˈəːs] vt → forzar, coaccionar

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coerce [kəuˈəːs] vt → contraindre

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coerce [kəuˈəːs] vt → zwingen

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coerce [kəuˈəːs] vt → costringere