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" (13 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
Related words (6)
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2 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məcburi adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Bulgarian
1 entries- принудителен adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Catalan
1 entries- coercitiu adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Czech
2 entries- donucovací adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
- vynucovací adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Finnish
1 entries- painostus adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
French
2 entries- coercif adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
- coercitif adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Galician
1 entries- coercitivo adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
German
1 entries- zwingend adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Italian
1 entries- coercitivo adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Portuguese
2 entries- coercitivo adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
- coercivo adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Russian
2 entries- принудительный adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
- принуждающий adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Spanish
1 entries- coercitivo adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Turkish
1 entries- zorlayıcı adj (displaying a tendency to coerce)
Sample 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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