verb🔗ShareTo restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb."The bully was coercing the smaller student into giving him his lunch money. "governmentlawpoliticspoliceactionstateChat 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 was coercing the younger student into giving up his lunch money by threatening to beat him up. "lawpolicegovernmentpoliticsmoralinhumanrightactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type."The spreadsheet program was coercing the dates, which should have been in a chronological order, into text format, so they wouldn't sort correctly. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
