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Coercion

Coercion meaning

Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. | Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will. | A specific instance of coercing.

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Example sentences (20)

Taking into account escalating Chinese coercion, Taiwan’s military should allocate its limited resources toward weapons systems most suited for Taiwan to defend against both invasion and coercion.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was given the errand to warn China about its ‘economic coercion’ as he the G7 Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion to track Chinese commercial activities.

Physical Physical coercion is the most commonly considered form of coercion, where the content of the conditional threat is the use of force against a victim, their relatives or property.

A former administrator at the West Valley Water District in Rialto alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about misconduct and malfeasance, including death threats and coercion by board directors.

After its involvement in the farcical Russia hoax and its coercion of Twitter and Facebook to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election, nobody trusts the FBI not to keep lying to protect itself.

Any resulting romances would have been built on deceit, or coercion to address one’s sexuality when they’re not ready to.

As an adult, I learned about coercion and consent through positive role models, friends and healthy relationships.

At its summit in Hiroshima in May, the G7 major western imperialist states, recognising China’s lead in this regard, made a statement against Chinese economic coercion and invited several non-G7 states including Brazil, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

China’s foreign ministry stated that it will not accept “finger pointing” and “coercion” from the United States over its relations with Russia.

Democratic Alliance has dismissed the shutdown as “much ado about nothing”, saying the court interdict stopped violation of South Africans’ rights by means of intimidation, violence or coercion.

Experts working with domestic abuse victims say pets are commonly used as a tool for coercion against women and children.

He was convicted of incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and for the negligent homicide of one of his infant sons.

In August, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee warned in a report that ministers should “recognise the threat that the Chinese Communist Party could use economic coercion to influence UK decision-making by targeting strategically critical sectors”.

In contrast, a court may consider it invalid if there’s evidence one side signed it under coercion.

No one should be surprised that union coercion hurts workers, along with small business owners, taxpayers and retirees.

Romanian authorities and the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism said the alleged victims were forced to perform pornography through 'physical violence and mental coercion'.

She stated, “he used his disposition as the aunt’s husband to gain access to the child for sexual activity and the threat and coercion were to maintain control over the child.

Some officials say it could be part of Beijing’s “grey zone” tactics, a non-military means of coercion that keeps pressure on the self-ruled island.

So separating things into compartments (punishing China for perceived “economic coercion” while seeking to work with it on and environmental issues) is incredibly complex.

Ten Hag was not even manager of the club when Greenwood was arrested and accused of attempted rape, coercion and assault occasioning actual bodily harm last January.