coercive
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Coercive diplomacy might produce the occasional headline-grabbing concession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Coercive or controlling behaviour eventually became a criminal offence in 2015 in England and Wales.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
When Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, it converted that abstract claim into a draconian program of punitive legislation.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
Coercive measures used by the MindWar operative, consequently, must not be detectable by ordinary means.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2020
In 1882 he published a small book, already referred to, entitled: "England's Coercive Opium Policy and Its Disastrous Results in China and India."
From The Opium Monopoly by La Motte, Ellen Newbold
Vocabulary lists containing coercive
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