duress

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"I think the best way to make those concessions is voluntarily rather than under duress. It's a better look certainly," says Rory Sutherland.

From BBC

Nearly three decades later, after two prosecution witnesses said they testified under duress, President Gerald Ford granted her an unconditional pardon.

From Los Angeles Times

Soderbergh describes his choice of the horror genre as a Trojan horse, in which the ghostly element acts to reveal “a family under duress and in danger of coming apart.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The most important thing: We don’t want people signing documents under duress,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

From Los Angeles Times

The message got through to law enforcement agencies across the country: Infliction of physical pain and duress was out.

From Los Angeles Times