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

Mr. Fabian’s accurate reporting had cost a particular set of bettors their wagers, and they were trying to coerce him into rewriting reality so that the market would resolve their way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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

In July, another escapee, 24-year-old Laura Avtorkhanova, was found in a shelter in Georgia by a group of male relatives who reportedly tried to coerce her into returning to Russia.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

That meant a vigorous federal government with sufficient powers to coerce the citizenry to pay taxes and obey the laws.

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

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

“Amazon coerces merchants into agreements that keep prices artificially high, knowing full well that they can’t afford to say no.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

She slips away, and I grit my teeth as Grandfather coerces me into a stilted discussion with the governor.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, China is known to have “conducted coerced repatriations of economic fugitives from the U.K. and kidnapping of dual nationals overseas.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The judges found Tarrant's guilty pleas were voluntary and "he was not coerced or pressured in any way to plead guilty".

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 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

Once he was no longer being coerced, his instincts bubbled back to the surface.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“Detaining people and not giving them the chance to get out of detention is a way of coercing people to give up their claims.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

While preparing for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao is suing a restaurant server and his lawyers for “inflicting reputational damage and coercing payment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

Just a month earlier, however, the court unanimously reaffirmed that the First Amendment forbids the government from coercing companies into suppressing expression.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025

This suggests that being powerful but unpredictable is a way to make allies stay close while coercing adversaries.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

Can coercing these men to join in the labour make them consider that the sacrifices are enforced for their own good?

From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf