Coerce 1100 Words You Need Week 11 Day 2

Coerce 1100 Words You Need

Coerce 1100 Words You Need

/kəʊˈɜːs/ (verb)

to force someone vehemently to do something which they are unwilling to do, bully, intimidate, threaten, extort, blackmail, press, pressure, twist someone’s arm, compel:

Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who allegedly threatened a woman with a gun to try and coerce her into getting into his vehicle, police say.

The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.

Antonym: persuade, cajole

Noun: coercion, coercer

Adj: coercive

French: contraindre

Farsi: مجبور کردن

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