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Word: coerce (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

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

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