coerce

Example Sentences

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But not since 1903, the year Theodore Roosevelt coerced Colombia to relinquish what became the Panama Canal, has a U.S. president forced a foreign government to give Washington significant land.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sure enough, the Taliban launched Chinese-made rockets at the base after dark, planted there, we were told, by farmers who had been either bribed or coerced into doing so.

From BBC

It said its doctrine was that giving must be "voluntary, in keeping with one's means and never coerced or demanded".

From BBC

It’s the exact opposite of what you truly want, but your husband has allowed his brother and sister-in-law to coerce and/or guilt-trip your husband into an unwelcome financial arrangement.

From MarketWatch

Al-Zubaidi had good reason to fear he would be imprisoned or at least coerced into capitulation.

From Los Angeles Times