Coercive in a sentence

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.

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.

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.

Of course, China will always have coercive leverage as an upper riparian, and no agreement will stunt its ability to build additional dams.

SA Police have been searching for the remains of who was allegedly kidnapped by a gang of criminals and held under "physical and coercive control" in November 2020.

She found that women were subjected to sexual assaults, inappropriate and sexual touching, and coercive and manipulative behaviour over many years.