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coercive
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co·er·cive  (k-ûrsv)
adj.
Characterized by or inclined to coercion.
co·ercive·ly adv.
co·ercive·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.coercive - serving or intended to coerce; "authority is directional instead of coercive"
powerful - having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
Translations
coercive [kəʊˈɜːsɪv] ADJ → coactivo, coercitivo
coercive [kəʊˈɜːrsɪv] adj [power, measure] → coercitif/ive
coercive
adj → Zwangs-
coercive [kəʊˈɜːsɪv] adj → coercitivo/a
coercive [kəʊˈɜːsɪv] adj → coercitivo/a


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This in effect provides legal protection for, among other transgressions, the White House's violation of habeas corpus, denial of access by detainees to evidence acquired from them coercively, and the imposition of torture and indefinite confinement.
Universal jurisdiction and the Bush administration by Gutierrez, Donald / The Humanist
Classical liberals oppose price and wage controls, for example, but the libertarian economist's task "is not that of demonstrating specifically to the citizenry that coercively imposed price and wage controls cause damages that exceed any possible benefits," Buchanan writes.
The era of big government never ended: taking stock of the challenges ... by Oliver, Charles / Reason
35) If he was not capable of paying this bill, he risked being imprisoned coercively until he found a way to pay it.
Runaway wives: husband desertion in medieval England by Butler, Sara / Journal of Social History
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