āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to dragoon
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āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to pressure someone into doing something through intimidation or threats
Ditransitive: to dragoon sb into sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Unscrupulous employers sometimes attempt to dragoon workers into accepting unfavorable conditions.
āĻ
āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§â āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to subjugate or persecute a population or group by employing military force
Transitive: to dragoon a population or group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Throughout history, oppressive regimes have dragooned minority communities.
āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Dragoon
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a soldier belonging to a European military unit historically made up of heavily armed cavalrymen
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Dragoons were often deployed for reconnaissance and rapid attacks.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
