coerce

Vullo, in which the court held that the government cannot use informal tactics, like thinly-veiled threats of selective enforcement or demands for cooperation, to coerce private actors.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

The ruling found the subpoenas related to immigration enforcement were meant to “harass, coerce and retaliate.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

"If he were to adopt an unfriendly stance -- demanding concessions from China or attempting to coerce us into doing things we are unwilling to do, we would strike back with force," Wen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

It would be just as unethical for a therapist to use treatment to pressure someone into being LGBTQ+ as it is to use treatment to coerce someone out of being such an identity.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

For it purported to create a consolidated federal government with powers sufficient to coerce obedience to national laws—in effect, to discipline a truly continental union—while remaining true to the republican principles of 1776.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“We’re both familiar with what can happen and what has happened, when the state coerces people and restricts fundamental human rights, on a very personal level,” Howald said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Regulators also say Amazon coerces sellers into signing up for FBA in order to reach customers on the Amazon store.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

Lawsuits also say the program unconstitutionally coerces drugmakers into selling their products at inadequate prices.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2023

Just do not be surprised when your sister-in-law ignores any handwritten invitations and coerces you into sending text reminders anyway.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023

He avoids the ballroom entirely, save for a single waltz when Tsukiko coerces him onto the dance floor.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The scandal saw the mothers, including many who were teenagers, coerced into giving up their children, with social, institutional and family pressures used to persuade them that adoption was their only option.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The patients I know who contributed to the hospital to “honor” their doctor were certainly not coerced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

His conviction relied on a coerced confession, he told Rebin Rahmani of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a nonprofit group based in Paris, in a phone call that Rahmani recorded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The judges found his claims inconsistent and not supported by other witnesses, concluding that he was not "coerced or pressured in any way" to plead guilty.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

“Nine! Please don’t blame her. It was my fault. I… I coerced it out of her,” Clare said, but he was a terrible liar even at his best.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"The observers do not allege any verbal instruction or physical conduct that indicated one person was directing or coercing another regarding how to vote."

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

At times “strategic ambiguity” can be a useful tool for coercing foes to act in certain ways or even to step down from power.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

The board had alleged that the company had been “interfering with, restraining and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

Three of his former colleagues are also on trial accused of coercing Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

Mill's leading tenet has been already stated; the only rightful ground of coercing our neighbours is self-protection.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir