coerced

[koh-ursd] / koʊˈɜrsd /

ADJECTIVE

bound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constrained enslaved obligated restrained

STRONG

apprenticed articled bent compelled contracted doomed driven fated firm forced impelled indentured intent made necessitated obliged pledged pressed required urged

WEAK

bounden certain duty-bound having no alternative sure under compulsion under necessity

Antonyms

STRONG

irresolute

WEAK

allowed free permitted unbounded unobliged unrestricted

ADJECTIVE

forced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelled contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling

STRONG

affected begrudging binding bound conscripted constrained grudging labored slave

WEAK

artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden

Antonyms

STRONGEST

voluntary

WEAK

noncompulsory spontaneous unforced

ADJECTIVE

urged

Synonyms

STRONG

adjured advised allured asked begged charged coaxed commanded desired exhorted forced implored influenced lured motivated moved prompted requested solicited wheedled

Antonyms

WEAK

condemned opposed prohibited

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"None of our consultants coerced the clients," he adds.

From BBC

Or as Comer put it more directly in a statement: “Chief Pamela Smith coerced staff to report artificially low crime data and cultivated a culture of fear to achieve her agenda.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“He had no reason to think that any woman was coerced into a forced marriage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

On Friday, they spent the entire four hours allocated for the day discussing a group of 21 amendments on safeguards designed to prevent people being coerced or encouraged into an assisted death.

From BBC

He said doctors had a legal right to strike and should not be "bullied or coerced" into working.

From BBC

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