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verb (used with object), co·erced, co·erc·ing. to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
to bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact: to coerce obedience.
to dominate or control, especially by exploiting fear, anxiety, etc.: The state is based on successfully coercing the individual.
Origin of coerce 1425–75; late Middle English <Latin coercēre to hold in, restrain, equivalent to co- co- + -ercēre, combining form of arcēre to keep in, keep away, akin to arca ark
OTHER WORDS FROM coerce co·erc·er, noun co·er·ci·ble, adjective non·co·er·ci·ble, adjective un·co·erced, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for coerce A fellow justice also accused McCaffery of attempting to coerce him into opposing Castille.
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Once again Russia brandishes the threat of a gas cutoff to squeeze Kiev and coerce Europe.
In Ukraine, Winter Is Coming | Anna Nemtsova| September 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In other instances, CIA recruiters used thinly veiled threats to coerce their cooperation.
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Religious liberty, Jefferson argued, denies the majority any right to coerce a dissenting minority, even one hostile to religion.
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His decision to coerce Netanyahu into imposing a 10-month settlement freeze was also a colossal misjudgment.
The Dilemma Of An Israeli Democrat | Paul Gross| November 2, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The clergy alone possessed any power besides the Tsar; but the Church was unable to coerce him or to save the people.
The Story of Moscow | Wirt Gerrare
The bitterness inspired by these attempts to coerce the President may be gauged by a remark attributed to Mrs. Davis.
The Day of the Confederacy | Nathaniel W. Stephenson
Thus matters remained in 1867-70, the Pope relying on the support of French bayonets to coerce his own subjects.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) | John Holland Rose
Identical Note, a term in diplomacy to denote terms agreed upon by two Powers to coerce a third.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia | Edited by Rev. James Wood
No shivering Dot to coerce into good humor; no feckless Jack to frown into order; no grim Deborah to coax and help.
Esther | Rosa Nouchette Carey
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British Dictionary definitions for coerce verb (tr) to compel or restrain by force or authority without regard to individual wishes or desires
Derived forms of coerce coercer , noun coercible , adjective Word Origin for coerce C17: from Latin coercēre to confine, restrain, from co- together + arcēre to enclose
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