Coercive

Prof Evan Stark, an American academic expert on the theory of coercive control, told the court of appeal that “coercive control” was designed to subjugate and dominate, not merely to hurt.

Alleging that Beal had been in a coercive relationship with Mr Billingham, Mr Wheeler continued: ‘What was the catalyst that led to these tragic circumstances?

All these coercive harassments and dangerous operations against our patrol vessels are no less than a military aggression.

A sentencing hearing at was told this amounted to "controlling and coercive behaviour".

Bowskill, of Empingham Drive in Syston, Leicestershire, was convicted of kidnap, coercive and controlling behaviour and perverting the course of justice.

But businessman Laing, 51 - whom the court heard used the woman's critical illness payment from Police Scotland to clear his gambling debts totalling £40,000 - has been acquitted of an allegation of controlling and coercive behaviour towards her.

China’s growing use of its air force to implement its coercive foreign policy and revisionist strategies is evident in the Strait and the East and South China Seas.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for new thinking to promote a democratic environment globally as opposed to a coercive one.

Daraa, SANA- Locals in Daraa city staged on Monday a protest against unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people.

Defence barrister Greg Hoare told the court his client had been subjected to years of emotional abuse and coercive control.

Domestic abuse can be described as controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, which can include sexual violence, perpetrated by a partner or ex-partner or by a family member or carer.

First, there is the army with its coercive capabilities, institutional moorings, and allies in the Bhuttos and Sharifs.

Hearing the arguments, the HC said, “No orders restraining coercive steps are required to be passed at this stage,” listing the matter on March 23.

He hadn't previously played football since January 2022, with charges of attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in February of this year.

If even the most conservative estimates are correct, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the bulk of which was carried out under false pretences and coercive mandates, constitutes the greatest crime ever committed against humanity.

In April last year, after the PCMC decided to take action against 434 illegal hoardings, the association approached the Bombay High Court which had given a stay against "any coercive" action by the civic body.

In court, the judge described the relationship as “the worst case of coercive and controlling behaviour I have seen”.

It shows us how domestic abuse and coercive control impacts on children and young people.

Johnson defends the coercive American values of Christmas, gun violence, male delusions of grandeur, policing the world, and comedic relief, with stripped facial hair and a uniform made from stickers.

Michael Breakspear, of David Issac Close, Landore, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to engaging in coercive and controlling behaviour and to intentional non-fatal suffocation when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.