Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques.
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Coercive
/kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
Synonyms for "coercive" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Adjective(9 words)
aggressive personauthoritarian approachauthoritarian frameworkauthoritarian ruleauthoritarian thinkerbrowbeatencoercive diplomacycommunalistic policyconstant push
Noun(12 words)
authoritarianblackmailingbludgeoningbrainwashingbrowbeatingbulldozingbullyingcoerced agreementcoercingcoercive forcingcommandeeringconscripting
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (36)
Verb(6 words)
Noun(17 words)
cudgellingdirect rule eraduress based consentemergency edictenforcingensnaringextortingfoistingforced march trainingforced marriageforcefully presentedforcingforcing techniquegunpointhandcuffinghasslinghazing
Adjective(12 words)
despoticaldominant authority over studentseconomic blockadeexploitativeextortionatefascisticforced confessionforcefulforceful leadershipforcibleforcible removalforcible seizure
Related words (60)
Verb(8 words)
hectoredinfluencing strategiesmaltreatingmuscledsculpt public opinionsledgehammeredsteamrolledtyrannized
Noun(23 words)
hectoringindoctrinatingmilitary use of forcemost disciplinarypenalty finespolitically violentpraetorian guardpressuringpressurizingquellingrailroadingramroddingrepressingroughneckingscaringshakedownslavingsteamrolleringsteamrollingterrorizing
Adjective(24 words)
impellentimportunateintimidatingironshodmanipulative influencemenacingoppressiveorwellianoverpoweringpersuasive promptphysical forcepraetorian edictpressure-drivenpushierpushyserflikestate coercionthreat-basedthreateningthreatening pressure
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More general
4 entriesdescriptive termdiplomatic toolpolicy instrumentqualitative descriptor
More specific
6 entriescoercive controlcoercive diplomacycoercive measurecoercive tacticeconomic sanctionssanctions policy
Collocations
5 entriescoercive controlcoercive diplomacycoercive measurescoercive pressurecoercive tactic
Inflections
2 entriesmore coercivemost coercive
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The police used coercive techniques when questioning suspects.
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Perspecticide is often part of a strategy of coercive control that may include manipulation, stalking, and physical abuse. Abusers make their partners narrow their worlds.
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Congress and committees of Congress of course impeded the executive when there was no coercive public sentiment to check and rule them.
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