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In a video message, González said Maduro's aides had coerced him into signing a letter while he was hiding in the Spanish embassy in Venezuela's capital Caracas earlier this month.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Ms. Simpson and Ms. Davis uncovered evidence that the police had coerced one of the state’s key witnesses and had taken advantage of another with hearing and speech impairments, lawyers for the men said.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Legal advocates said that the police in Idaho Falls had coerced him into confessing to the crime.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2021

Flynn admitted lying before two different judges and told Sullivan at a 2018 hearing that no one had coerced him to admit his guilt and that he had no intention of taking back his plea.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020

He had coerced many viceroys, and thoroughly understood the business.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis