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

Two medics would then check whether the person is eligible and assess whether they are being pressured or coerced.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

But in the darkness, while my teeth were slowly coerced into straightness, the rest of my face had begun to give in to a stronger, genetic predisposition toward crookedness.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides