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to coerce
01
to force someone to do something through threats or manipulation
Ditransitive: to coerce sb to do sth | to coerce sb into sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
coerce
3rd person singular
coerces
Present participle
coercing
Past simple
coerced
Past participle
coerced
Examples
The criminal coerced the witness into changing their testimony through intimidation.
Lexical Tree
coercion
coercive
coerce
