coerced

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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

It said that he was waiving his right to an attorney, and that he hadn’t been coerced.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

To get to that point, they would have to make two declarations affirming their wishes, as well as passing checks from doctors to see if they had been coerced or influenced.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

When I made him repeat the parts of his testimony about being coerced to testify falsely, Ralph remained calm and conveyed absolute sincerity.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson