Crossword clues for coerced
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coerce \Co*erce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] [L. co["e]rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See Ark.]
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To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
--Burke.Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort.
--Ayliffe. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.
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To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
Syn: To Coerce, Compel.
Usage: To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: coerce), being forced
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "coerced".
It is upon the ground that a State can not be coerced that observance of the compact is a sacred obligation.
Save, perhaps, that he was a boy, coerced and cornered by circumstance.
There is simply chemistry, and its truth is not forced or coerced or ideologically imposed, but is freely open to any who wish to look into its reasons.
Windham had coerced her into doing the one thing Morgan could never forgive.
Sarah could read his changing expressions as he decided not to attempt to exert his masculine authority over her now, before he had wooed or coerced her into becoming his wife.
He could have coerced a lower being, but for his manhood's sake--he had risen to that now, it is curious how the dignity of fatherhood helps to make a man--he could not coerce here, and if he did, he knew that the product would be disaster.
She coerced the unwilling car into the garage, and ran between the rustling pines.
If he feels coerced or pressured too hard, he may wish to look elsewhere for his bride.
Aoun and another manservant coerced into helping carried out perhaps a dozen kegs of the Saelutian mead and concealed them in an unused storeroom.