coerced

American  

[koh-ursd] / koʊˈɜrsd /

adjective

1. forced or compelled through intimidation or authority, especially without regard for individual volition.

   A judge decided that key evidence, obtained from a coerced 14-year-old boy, was unreliable.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of coerce.

Other Word Forms

• uncoerced
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of coerced

coerce ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Coerced confession, withheld evidence and witness coaching are staples of prosecutorial misconduct, that “can’t be corrected because the system doesn’t allow for them to be corrected”, said Gibney.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2020

Movie review of “Trolls”: Coerced jollity is the order of the day in this animated kids movie about a race of relentlessly chirpy pint-size trolls.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2016

Coerced confessions served no apparent intelligence-gathering purposes, but they did lend a legalistic veneer to the detention process.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016

Coerced by Brinnin, Thomas eventually reads the letter and hallucinates the presence of the beautiful, fiery Caitlin.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2015

Coerced by criticism, between 1719 and 1737 the Company made some explorations, but little was accomplished.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Related Words

• compelled
• contrived
• enforced
• involuntary
• mandatory
• unwilling