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coerce

/kəʊˈɜːs/
verb
  1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

  2. To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

  3. To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Synonymsbully, compel, dragoon

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