coercive

At the same time, America’s global image as world leader has further diminished as it adopts increasingly coercive attitudes to allies, competitors, rivals and international institutions, to protect its positions in the face of greater competition.

The same goes for forced or coercive sterilization of women with disabilities, which is more common than people realize.

Meaning, one was left to discern, that religion is self-evidently a coercive force for ill.

Earnest questions are raised over the coercive nature of police interrogations.

In some ways it was more coercive than normal political influence.

But these challenges pale in comparison to a coercive and centralized system that is vulnerable to abuse.

But for the most part property, contract and the coercive state were fundamental assumptions with the classicists.

John Randolph, a sick man at the time, traveled throughout the country denouncing Jackson's coercive attitude.

The women in this case to have what I call the coercive option; for I would not have it in the man's power to be a dog neither.

However, he explained more fully the meaning of "coercive and arbitrary" action.

Had he been less blunt or coercive, had he employed a more honeyed appeal, she would not have felt so moved in his behalf.