- 1
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.transitive
- 2
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.transitive
- They coerced their children into going to the country park.
- 3
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.transitive
syn. compel · bully · dragoon · bludgeon