coercive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coerce /kəʊˈəːs/
▶verb persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.
– derivatives
coercible adjective,
coercion noun,
coercive adjective.
coercible adjective,
coercion noun,
coercive adjective.
– origin ME: from L. coercere ‘restrain’, from co- ‘jointly, together’ + arcere ‘restrain’.
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