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coerce

UK/kəʊˈɜːs/ US/koʊˈɝs/ rare

verb

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to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

  • “He squeezed her for information”
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From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

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