To exact, extort, or draw (an admission, consent, etc.) from or out of a person, etc.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > draw out or gain by compulsion or force (13) wringc1444 To exact, extort, or draw (an admission, consent, etc.) from or out of a person, etc. throwa1500 Scottish. transitive. To wrest or wrench (something) from a person's grip. Obsolete. extort?1545 transitive. To obtain from a reluctant person by violence, torture, intimidation, or abuse of legal… with immaterial object, actions, utterances… express1547 figurative. (a) To extort or elicit by pressure. †(b) To expel, get rid of, by force (obsolete). wrest1565 To usurp, arrogate, or take by force (power, a right, etc.); to assume forcibly (a dignity or… To obtain or gain (money, information, etc.) by… evict1567 transitive. To extort by force. Cf. evince, v. 3. Obsolete. extract1599 figurative; esp. to draw forth (a confession, money, etc.) against a person's will. squeeze1602 To extort or exact, to obtain by force or pressure, from or out of a person, etc. Also rarely without const. screw1622 To obtain (something) by putting pressure on a person. transitive. To extort or force (information, a secret, the truth, etc.) from or out of a… evince1631 To constrain, compel (assent), extort (concessions, etc.) by force of argument or persuasive motives. Obsolete. grind1790 transitive. To force out by, or as by, grinding. force1817 To obtain or take by force; to win by violence; to draw forth (literal and figurative) as a necessary consequence; to extort, elicit. Also, to force… slug1974 figurative. To treat roughly; to drug; to exploit; to overcharge; to force out of; to churn out. |
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