coerce
verb /kəʊˈɜːs/
/kəʊˈɜːrs/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they coerce | /kəʊˈɜːs/ /kəʊˈɜːrs/ |
| he / she / it coerces | /kəʊˈɜːsɪz/ /kəʊˈɜːrsɪz/ |
| past simple coerced | /kəʊˈɜːst/ /kəʊˈɜːrst/ |
| past participle coerced | /kəʊˈɜːst/ /kəʊˈɜːrst/ |
| -ing form coercing | /kəʊˈɜːsɪŋ/ /kəʊˈɜːrsɪŋ/ |
- to force somebody to do something by using threats
- coerce somebody She hadn’t coerced him in any way.
- coerce somebody into (doing) something They were coerced into negotiating a settlement.
- coerce somebody to do something They tried to coerce him to sign away his rights.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoerce is used with these nouns as the object:- confession
- testimony
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin coercere ‘restrain’, from co- ‘together’ + arcere ‘restrain’.