verb🔗ShareTo restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb."The bully coerced the smaller student into handing over his lunch money. "lawgovernmentpolicepoliticsactionstaterightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will."The bully coerced the younger student into giving up his lunch money by threatening to beat him up. "lawpolicegovernmentpoliticsmoralactioninhumansocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type."The computer program coerced the number "7" into the string "7" so it could be added to the text field. "computingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading