What is another word for Coercing?

Pronunciation: [kˌə͡ʊˈɜːsɪŋ] (IPA)

Coercing is defined as using force or threats to make someone do something against their will. There are several synonyms for coercing, including compelling, pressuring, persuading, manipulating, intimidating, forcing, and strong-arming. When someone is coerced, they may feel pressured or even threatened into doing something they do not want to do. In certain contexts, such as legal or political situations, coercing can be illegal or unethical. It is important to recognize signs of coercion and stand up for oneself or others who may be experiencing it. Synonyms for coercing can help to describe the situation accurately and identify the behavior for what it is.

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Usage examples for Coercing

It is for the sake of another that you seek after me; that persuading, beguiling, if you can Coercing me-me-who spared you, tolerated you, inclined to you, you would extract from the sea an equivalent for her loss, and proclaim that her reproach is taken away.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
In speaking of the ceremonies of the Temple worship, which Moses made symbolical of all the virtues of life, moral and religious, but which in Paul's day had fallen into such a mere ritual that this great Apostle said that the Holy Ghost was not bodily exercise, but a hopeful, faithful charity of thought, feeling, and deed; and this is what children can be guided into from the beginning, provided the kindergartner knows how to converse and play with them instead of talking to them and Coercing them ever so kindly into acting out her will.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody
He denounced President Buchanan's distinction between "Coercing a State" and "compelling the citizens of the State to obey the laws of the United States" as a "transparent sophistry."
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy

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