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coerce(dictionary)

coerce (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: coercere, from co- ( CO-) + arcere 'to enclose']
to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them
coerce sb into (doing) sth
::The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.