coerce

Meaning

Verb

• To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
• To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
• To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Related

Similar words

• compel
• bully
• dragoon

Origin

• From Latin coercere, from co- + arcere; see arcade, arcane, ark.