verb🔗ShareContraindre, forcerTo 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. "Le tyran forçait le petit élève à lui donner son argent de poche.governmentlawpoliticspoliceactionstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraindre, forcerTo 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. "Le tyran contraignait le jeune élève à lui donner son argent de poche en menaçant de le frapper.lawpolicegovernmentpoliticsmoralinhumanrightactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContraindre, forcer la conversionTo 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. "Le tableur forçait les dates, qui auraient dû être dans un ordre chronologique, à être au format texte, de sorte qu'elles ne se triaient pas correctement.computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading