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

“He had no reason to think that any woman was coerced into a forced marriage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

On Friday, they spent the entire four hours allocated for the day discussing a group of 21 amendments on safeguards designed to prevent people being coerced or encouraged into an assisted death.

From BBC

In each case, the court relied on coerced confessions without lawyers present, according to rights groups.

From New York Times

At least 800 Ukrainian officials were co-opted into working for the FSB, some willingly, some coerced.

From BBC

A former Fox News producer has altered her deposition testimony in the defamation case against the network, claiming she was coerced by company lawyers to give misleading answers.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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