noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The use of personal pressure to persuade countable, uncountable
2. 2
   persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure wordnet
3. 3
   The use of political pressure to gain support countable, uncountable

Etymology

From arm + twisting.

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