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• past tense form of coerce.
• past participle of coerce.

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

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coerced

The scandal saw the mothers, including many who were teenagers, coerced into giving up their children, with social, institutional and family pressures used to persuade them that adoption was their only option.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The patients I know who contributed to the hospital to “honor” their doctor were certainly not coerced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

His conviction relied on a coerced confession, he told Rebin Rahmani of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a nonprofit group based in Paris, in a phone call that Rahmani recorded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

It said that he was waiving his right to an attorney, and that he hadn’t been coerced.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

Although Doha wasn’t hungry, his grandmother gently coerced him to eat every bite, stroking his back the whole time.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Related Words

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