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dragoon

[druh-goon] / drəˈgun /


















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Countries cannot be "dragooned" into joining a coalition aimed at protecting potential peace in Ukraine, Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden has said.

From BBC

Children as young as 4 and 5 were dragooned or tricked into these government-run schools.

From Los Angeles Times

Nor was I amused by the dragooning of theatergoers brought onstage to witness atrocities or, at another point, to be turned, without warning, into slaves at an auction.

From New York Times

The premise has the boys, the worst soldiers imaginable, coping with being dragooned into the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

An unassuming, enlightened type, he has been dragooned into choosing a bride only because his brawnier and better-loved brother, Prince Charming, is presumed dead after disappearing at war.

From New York Times