coercion
Example Sentences
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My understanding is that queries have been made surrounding post-death reviews, safeguards around coercion and compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
From BBC
She told the BBC that the bill was "badly written" and had significant gaps, and that many of the amendments put forward by peers in the House of Lords were designed to prevent coercion.
From BBC
Carney called on smaller powers to work together to counter economic coercion.
J. Edgar Hoover, who led the FBI for 48 years, had established a personal fiefdom devoted to consolidating power and pursuing his own personal obsessions, sometimes with blackmail and coercion.
From Salon
What it does less well is grapple honestly with countries’ use of coercion, deterrence and escalation—the forces that now determine many economic outcomes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
