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coercively
adverb
uk /kəʊˈɜː.sɪv.li/ us /koʊˈɝː.sɪv.li/
in a way that involves using force or threats to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do:
The management team was accused of coercively interrogating employees about union activities.
Some have argued that threats and offers can both be used coercively.
These arrangements are not just unfair, but are coercively imposed by one group on another.
In many of these families, power is expressed coercively.
There are a few states that coercively make it very hard for citizens to leave.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
coercion
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
forcible
push (someone) toward(s) something
put the heat on someoneidiom
put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom
rallying cry
ram something down someone's throatidiom
ransom
slap
squeeze
wring
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