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coerce

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜːs/

The English word “coerce” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
  2. To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
  3. To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Etymology

From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).

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