Coerce

//koʊˈɝs// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. transitive
  2. 2
    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means wordnet
  3. 3
    To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. transitive

    "They coerced their children into going to the country park."

  4. 4
    To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. transitive

Etymology

From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

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