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Coerce
//koʊˈɝs// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. transitive
- 2 to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means wordnet
- 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 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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