coercion

[koh-ur-shuhn] / koʊˈɜr ʃən /

NOUN

compulsion, pressure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

duress intimidation persuasion

STRONG

bullying constraint force menace restraint threat violence

WEAK

browbeating menacing strong-arm tactic threatening

Example Sentences

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According to Montero y Vidal, the best modern history of Philippine commerce is La Libertad de comercio en las islas Filipinas, by D. Manuel de Azcarraga y Palmero, Madrid, 1872.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

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