coerce

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜːs/
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• Canada, General-American: /koʊˈɝs/
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• Australian: /kəʉˈɜːs/
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• New-Zealand: /kɐʉˈøːs/
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• CMU ARPABET: K OW0 ER1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 強行制止 /强行制止 (qiángxíng zhìzhǐ) — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Chinese Mandarin: 強制 /强制 (qiángzhì) — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Chinese Mandarin: 約束 /约束 (yuēshù) — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Dutch: onderdrukken — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Finnish: rajoittaa — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Finnish: tukahduttaa — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• French: retenir — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• German: erzwingen — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Russian: уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Russian: удержа́ть (uderžátʹ) — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Spanish: coercer — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Turkish: mecbur etmek — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Turkish: zorlamak — to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb
• Arabic: أَجْبَرَ (ʔajbara) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Arabic: اِضْطَرَّ (iḍṭarra) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Armenian: հարկադրել (harkadrel) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Belarusian: прымуша́ць (prymušácʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Belarusian: прыму́сіць (prymúsicʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Belarusian: змуша́ць (zmušácʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Belarusian: зму́сіць (zmúsicʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Bulgarian: принужда́вам (prinuždávam) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Bulgarian: прину́дя (prinúdja) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Bulgarian: заста́вям (zastávjam) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Bulgarian: заста́вя (zastávja) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Chinese Mandarin: 強迫 /强迫 (qiǎngpò, qiángpò) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Chinese Mandarin: 脅迫 /胁迫 (xiépò) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Chinese Mandarin: 威脅 /威胁 (wēixié) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Czech: nutit — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Czech: donutit — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Czech: přinutit — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Dutch: dwingen — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Dutch: afdwingen — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Dutch: forceren — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Finnish: pakottaa — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Finnish: painostaa — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• French: forcer — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• French: contraindre — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• German: zwingen — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Greek: αναγκάζω (anagkázo) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Greek: εξαναγκάζω (exanagkázo) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Italian: costringere — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Japanese: 強いる (shiiru) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Korean: 강요하다 (gang'yohada) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Latin: coërceō — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Māori: uruhi — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Mongolian: албадах (albadax) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Norwegian: tvinge — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Polish: zmuszać — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Polish: zmusić — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Portuguese: coagir — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Portuguese: forçar — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Russian: заста́вить (zastávitʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Russian: принужда́ть (prinuždátʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Russian: прину́дить (prinúditʹ) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Slovak: nútiť — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Slovak: donútiť — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Slovak: prinútiť — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Spanish: coaccionar — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Turkish: zorlamak — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Turkish: mecbur etmek — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Ukrainian: приму́шувати (prymúšuvaty) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Ukrainian: приму́сити (prymúsyty) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Ukrainian: зму́шувати (zmúšuvaty) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Ukrainian: зму́сити (zmúsyty) — to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will
• Chinese Mandarin: 強迫轉型 /强迫转型 (qiǎngpò zhuǎnxíng) — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• Dutch: forceren — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• Finnish: pakottaa — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• French: forcer — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• German: konvertieren — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• German: erzwingen — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type
• Spanish: coercer — to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type