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Verb [English]

IPA: /kəʊˈɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊˈɝs/ [Canada, General-American], /kəʉˈɜːs/ [Australia], /kɐʉˈøːs/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-coerce.ogg [California] Forms: coerces [present, singular, third-person], coercing [participle, present], coerced [participle, past], coerced [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{uder|en|la|coërceō||to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb}} Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)
  1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Tags: transitive Translations (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb): 強行制止 /强行制止 (qiángxíng zhìzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 強制 /强制 (qiángzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 約束 /约束 (yuēshù) (Chinese Mandarin), onderdrukken (Dutch), rajoittaa (Finnish), tukahduttaa (Finnish), retenir (French), erzwingen (German), уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), удержа́ть (uderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), coercer (Spanish), mecbur etmek (Turkish), zorlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coerce-en-verb-uHlPkp30 Disambiguation of 'to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb': 95 3 2
  2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. Tags: transitive Synonyms: hustle Translations (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will): أَجْبَرَ (ʔajbara) (Arabic), اِضْطَرَّ (iḍṭarra) (Arabic), հարկադրել (harkadrel) (Armenian), прымуша́ць (prymušácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), прыму́сіць (prymúsicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), змуша́ць (zmušácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), зму́сіць (zmúsicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), принужда́вам (prinuždávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), прину́дя (prinúdja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), заста́вям (zastávjam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), заста́вя (zastávja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), 強迫 /强迫 (qiǎngpò, qiángpò) (Chinese Mandarin), 脅迫 /胁迫 (xiépò) (Chinese Mandarin), 威脅 /威胁 (wēixié) (Chinese Mandarin), nutit [imperfective] (Czech), donutit [perfective] (Czech), přinutit [perfective] (Czech), dwingen (Dutch), afdwingen (Dutch), forceren (Dutch), pakottaa (Finnish), painostaa (Finnish), forcer (French), contraindre (French), zwingen (German), αναγκάζω (anagkázo) (Greek), εξαναγκάζω (exanagkázo) (Greek), costringere (Italian), 強いる (shiiru) (alt: しいる) (Japanese), 강요하다 (gang'yohada) (Korean), coërceō (Latin), албадах (albadax) (Mongolian), uruhi (Māori), tvinge (Norwegian), zmuszać [imperfective] (Polish), zmusić [perfective] (Polish), coagir (Portuguese), forçar (Portuguese), заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заста́вить (zastávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), принужда́ть (prinuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прину́дить (prinúditʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nútiť [imperfective] (Slovak), donútiť [perfective] (Slovak), prinútiť [perfective] (Slovak), coaccionar (Spanish), zorlamak (Turkish), mecbur etmek (Turkish), приму́шувати (prymúšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), приму́сити (prymúsyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зму́шувати (zmúšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зму́сити (zmúsyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coerce-en-verb-NJAepSI2 Disambiguation of 'to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will': 7 88 5
  3. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. Tags: transitive Translations (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type): 強迫轉型 /强迫转型 (qiǎngpò zhuǎnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), forceren (Dutch), pakottaa (Finnish), forcer (French), konvertieren (German), erzwingen (German), coercer (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: compel, bully, dragoon, bludgeon Derived forms: coercee, coercement, coercer, coercible, coercion, coercive

Verb [Latin]

Forms: coercē [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=coercē}} coercē
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of coerceō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: coerceō
    Sense id: en-coerce-la-verb-PxYwI886 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 11 29 36 17

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} coerce
  1. inflection of coercer:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: coercer
    Sense id: en-coerce-es-verb-Azjrcny0 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 11 29 36 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 24 49 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. inflection of coercer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: coercer
    Sense id: en-coerce-es-verb-vOdQt5Ep Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 11 29 36 17

Inflected forms

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          "word": "onderdrukken"
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          "word": "tukahduttaa"
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          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
          "word": "retenir"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
          "word": "erzwingen"
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          "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уде́рживать"
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          "word": "mecbur etmek"
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          "ref": "1984 December 22, Gayle Rubin, “Censored: Anti-Porn Laws And Women's Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 8:",
          "text": "A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a \"social man.\" A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted.",
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          "roman": "ʔajbara",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "أَجْبَرَ"
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          "roman": "iḍṭarra",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "اِضْطَرَّ"
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          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "harkadrel",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "հարկադրել"
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          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "prymušácʹ",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прымуша́ць"
        },
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          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "prymúsicʹ",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прыму́сіць"
        },
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          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "zmušácʹ",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "змуша́ць"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "zmúsicʹ",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "prinuždávam",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "принужда́вам"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "prinúdja",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прину́дя"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "zastávjam",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "заста́вям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "zastávja",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заста́вя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "qiǎngpò, qiángpò",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "強迫 /强迫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "xiépò",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "脅迫 /胁迫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "wēixié",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "威脅 /威胁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nutit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "donutit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "přinutit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "dwingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "afdwingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "forceren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "pakottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "painostaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "forcer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "contraindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
          "word": "zwingen"
        },
        {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "coërceō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "coerces",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coercing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coerced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coerced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "text": "They coerced their children into going to the country park.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              104,
              111
            ],
            [
              213,
              220
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1984 December 22, Gayle Rubin, “Censored: Anti-Porn Laws And Women's Liberation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 8:",
          "text": "A woman who freely engages in any of these activities, or who rejects anti-porn dogma, is thought to be coerced, brainwashed, an apologist of the patriarchy or a \"social man.\" A woman who agrees that she has been coerced into one of these activities will be honored by anti-porners. The opinions of the rest of us are routinely discounted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "threat",
          "threat"
        ],
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ],
        [
          "intimidation",
          "intimidation"
        ],
        [
          "compel",
          "compel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hustle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəʊˈɜːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koʊˈɝs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-coerce.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəʉˈɜːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐʉˈøːs/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)s"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "compel"
    },
    {
      "word": "bully"
    },
    {
      "word": "dragoon"
    },
    {
      "word": "bludgeon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "qiángxíng zhìzhǐ",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "強行制止 /强行制止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "qiángzhì",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "強制 /强制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yuēshù",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "約束 /约束"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "onderdrukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "rajoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "tukahduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "retenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "erzwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "udérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "uderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "coercer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "mecbur etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb",
      "word": "zorlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʔajbara",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "أَجْبَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "iḍṭarra",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "اِضْطَرَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "harkadrel",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "հարկադրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "prymušácʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прымуша́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "prymúsicʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прыму́сіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "zmušácʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "змуша́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "zmúsicʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зму́сіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prinuždávam",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "принужда́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prinúdja",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прину́дя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "zastávjam",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заста́вям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "zastávja",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заста́вя"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "qiǎngpò, qiángpò",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "強迫 /强迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiépò",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "脅迫 /胁迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wēixié",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "威脅 /威胁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nutit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "donutit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "přinutit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "dwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "afdwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "forceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "pakottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "painostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "forcer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "contraindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "zwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "anagkázo",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "αναγκάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "exanagkázo",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "εξαναγκάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "costringere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しいる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "shiiru",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "強いる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gang'yohada",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "강요하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "coërceō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "uruhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "roman": "albadax",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "албадах"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "tvinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmuszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmusić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "coagir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "forçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zastavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заставля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zastávitʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заста́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "prinuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "принужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "prinúditʹ",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прину́дить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nútiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "donútiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "prinútiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "coaccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "zorlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "word": "mecbur etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "prymúšuvaty",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "приму́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "prymúsyty",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приму́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zmúšuvaty",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зму́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zmúsyty",
      "sense": "to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зму́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "qiǎngpò zhuǎnxíng",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "強迫轉型 /强迫转型"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "forceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "pakottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "forcer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "konvertieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "erzwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type",
      "word": "coercer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coerce"
}

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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
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          "coerceo#Latin"
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "coercer"
        }
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        "inflection of coercer:",
        "third-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "coercer#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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