coerce
Collocations
3ADJ.
economic, public
VERB + COERCE
can't
COERCE + NOUN
allies, rivals
Definitions
verb
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
They coerced their children into going to the country park.
A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted.
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
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Idioms & Phrases
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5They coerced their children into going to the country park.
WiktionaryA woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a "social man." A woman who agrees that
WiktionaryI can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
Tatoeba · #8989349He said laws should not coerce but protect public health while protecting human rights.
Tatoeba · #11035783America uses its economic heft to coerce rivals and allies.
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