coercive
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They feared that such practices could become coercive.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Sotomayor has long been an advocate for criminal defendants in her jurisprudence, and for her part, Jackson’s thesis in undergrad even covered coercive plea bargaining.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Min Zin was detained “on suspicion of conducting espionage and endangering China’s national security” and placed under “criminal coercive measures,” Lin said, meaning that he is being investigated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Princess Latifa mounted a bid for freedom in 2018 from what at the time she claimed was her family's coercive control.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Communal sing-alongs had a faintly coercive quality—that way strangers had of catching each other’s eye as their voices rose—which she was determined to resist.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing coercive
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