coercion

The law prohibits religious conversions brought about by force, fraud, coercion or inducement.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

But the implication of overt coercion is always bubbling beneath the surface.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

She’s Alive also sued Seaver, alleging that he carried out a deliberate campaign to interfere with the company’s business relationships with threats and coercion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Economist Guillaume Liby said African countries were "tackling the problem from the wrong end: coercion".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Their alternative—there was an alternative, of course, since Milo detested coercion and was a vocal champion of freedom of choice—was to starve.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Who knows what coercions they deployed back in the day to corral those students into submission; at least that’s the fear evinced by today’s new campus dating policies.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 20, 2015

Between the coercions of the sensible order and those of the ideal order, our mind is thus wedged tightly.

From Pragmatism by William James

Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

The records in the diaries, letters, and reminiscences which have come down to us from those early days, are full of Mr. Durant's commands and coercions.

From The Story of Wellesley by Florence Converse

They are products of the effort of each to live as well as he can, and they are coercions which hold and control each in his efforts to live well.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner