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coercion
[ koh-ur-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.
coercion
/ kəʊˈɜːsɪv; kəʊˈɜːʃən /
noun
- the act or power of coercing
- government by force
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈDzԾ, noun
- coercive, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·cDz·· adjective
- ·cDz· noun
- ԴDzc·cDz noun
- c·cDz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no "military option", Araghchi said, and added that Iran would "never accept coercion".
China has said it will "fight to the end" rather than capitulate to what it sees as US coercion, and has already raised its own trade barriers against the US in response.
In court documents, prosecutors allege the 55-year-old mogul used drugs, violence and coercion to force women to participate in the freak-offs.
“To do otherwise would mean compromising our ability to zealously advocate for all of our clients and capitulating to unconstitutional government coercion, which is simply not in our DNA.”
What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.
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