"coercion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /koʊˈɜːʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊˈɝʒən/ [General-American], /koʊˈɝʃən/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-coercion.ogg [US] Forms: coercions [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coercitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coerceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|cohercioun|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English cohercioun, {{inh+|en|enm|cohercioun}} Inherited from Middle English cohercioun, {{der|en|fro|cohercion}} Old French cohercion, {{der|en|la|coercitiō||magisterial coercion}} Latin coercitiō (“magisterial coercion”), {{m|la|coercitus}} coercitus, {{m|la|coerceō||to restrain, coerce}} coerceō (“to restrain, coerce”), {{m|la|co-||with}} co- (“with”), {{m|la|arceō||to shut in, enclose}} arceō (“to shut in, enclose”), {{l|en|coerce}} coerce Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coercion (countable and uncountable, plural coercions)
  1. (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing. Tags: uncountable Translations (actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person): shtrëngim [masculine] (Albanian), قهر (Arabic), قسر (Arabic), غصب (Arabic), عنت (Arabic), دفع (Arabic), جبر (Arabic), اِضْطِرَار (iḍṭirār) (Arabic), إِلْزَام (ʔilzām) (Arabic), إِكْرَاه (ʔikrāh) (Arabic), إرْغَام (ʔirḡām) (Arabic), إِجْبَار (ʔijbār) (Arabic), հարկադրում (harkadrum) (Armenian), բռնադատում (bṙnadatum) (Armenian), пры́мус (prýmus) [masculine] (Belarusian), принуда (prinuda) (Bulgarian), насилие (nasilie) (Bulgarian), coerció [feminine] (Catalan), 強迫 (Chinese Mandarin), 强迫 (qiǎngpò) (Chinese Mandarin), 威迫 (wēipò) (Chinese Mandarin), donucení [neuter] (Czech), tvang (Danish), dwang [masculine] (Dutch), sundimine (Estonian), sund (Estonian), pakko (Finnish), pakkokeino (Finnish), coercition [feminine] (French), coerción [feminine] (Galician), ძალდატანება (ʒaldaṭaneba) (Georgian), Zwang [masculine] (German), εξαναγκασμός (exanagkasmós) [masculine] (Greek), καταπίεση (katapíesi) [feminine] (Greek), כפייה (kfi'a) [feminine] (Hebrew), ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती (zor-jabardastī) (Hindi), kényszer (Hungarian), paksaan (Indonesian), coercizione (Italian), 強制 (kyōsei) (alt: きょうせい) (Japanese), 威圧 (iatsu) (alt: いあつ) (Japanese), 強迫 (kyōhaku) (alt: きょうはく) (Japanese), ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ (kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm) (Khmer), ពលការ (pʊəl kaa) (Khmer), ការសង្កត់សង្កិន (kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən) (Khmer), 강제 (gangje) (Korean), 강압 (gang'ap) (Korean), coactus [masculine] (Latin), piespiešana [feminine] (Latvian), spiediens [masculine] (Latvian), prievarta [feminine] (Lithuanian), privertimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), принуда (prinuda) [feminine] (Macedonian), uruhanga (Maori), албадлага (albadlaga) (Mongolian), tvang (Norwegian), przymus [masculine] (Polish), coação [feminine] (Portuguese), coerção [feminine] (Portuguese), coerciție [feminine] (Romanian), принужде́ние (prinuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), наси́лие (nasílije) [neuter] (Russian), ceannsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prisila [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prinuda (Serbo-Croatian), donútenie [neuter] (Slovak), prinútenie [neuter] (Slovak), prisila [feminine] (Slovene), coerción [feminine] (Spanish), betvingande (Swedish), tvång [neuter] (Swedish), zorlama (Turkish), при́мус (prýmus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), צוואַנג (tsvang) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-coercion-en-noun-LrB1ZltC Disambiguation of 'actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person': 84 9 1 3 3
  2. (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (use of force to compel): إِكْرَاه (ʔikrāh) [masculine] (Arabic), pakottaminen (Finnish), coerción [feminine] (Galician), Nötigung [feminine] (German), εξαναγκασμός (exanagkasmós) [masculine] (Greek), प्रपीड़न (prapīṛan) (Hindi), ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती (zor-jabardastī) (Hindi), kényszerítés (Hungarian), ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ (kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm) (Khmer), ពលការ (pʊəl kaa) (Khmer), ការសង្កត់សង្កិន (kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən) (Khmer), coactus [masculine] (Latin), coerção [feminine] (Portuguese), coercitare [feminine] (Romanian), принужде́ние (prinuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), ceannsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prisila [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cebir (Turkish), icbar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coercion-en-noun-cKngBvjM Topics: law Disambiguation of 'use of force to compel': 14 78 4 2 2
  3. (countable) A specific instance of coercing. Tags: countable Translations (instance of coercing): coerció (Catalan), pakottaminen (Finnish), coerción [feminine] (Galician), εξαναγκασμός (exanagkasmós) [masculine] (Greek), kényszerítés (Hungarian), ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ (kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm) (Khmer), ការសង្កត់សង្កិន (kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən) (Khmer), prisila [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prinuda [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-coercion-en-noun-NWQXQYYr Disambiguation of 'instance of coercing': 12 5 66 12 4
  4. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Programming Translations (computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another): altipigo (Esperanto), pakottaminen (Finnish), coercition [feminine] (French), konverzió (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-coercion-en-noun-bcyVYOil Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 24 37 8 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another': 8 5 8 75 4
  5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Semantics
    Sense id: en-coercion-en-noun-e9nJ0DcA Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coërcion Hyponyms: type coercion Derived forms: coercionary, coercionist Related terms: coerce, coercer, coercible, coercitive, coercive

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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "word": "غصب"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "عنت"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "إِلْزَام"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "word": "հարկադրում"
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          "roman": "bṙnadatum",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "բռնադատում"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prýmus",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "принуда"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasilie",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "насилие"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "強迫"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "roman": "wēipò",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "威迫"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "tvang"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "sundimine"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "pakko"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "pakkokeino"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coercition"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerción"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒaldaṭaneba",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "ძალდატანება"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zwang"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exanagkasmós",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katapíesi",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "καταπίεση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kfi'a",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "כפייה"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zor-jabardastī",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "kényszer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "paksaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "coercizione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "alt": "きょうせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōsei",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "強制"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "alt": "いあつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iatsu",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "威圧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "alt": "きょうはく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōhaku",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "強迫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pʊəl kaa",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "ពលការ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gangje",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "강제"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gang'ap",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "강압"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coactus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piespiešana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spiediens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prievarta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "privertimas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prinuda",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "принуда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "uruhanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "albadlaga",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "албадлага"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "tvang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przymus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerção"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerciție"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "принужде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nasílije",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "наси́лие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceannsachadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prisila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "prinuda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prinútenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prisila"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerción"
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "betvingande"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tvång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "word": "zorlama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prýmus",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "при́мус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 1 3 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsvang",
          "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "צוואַנג"
        }
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          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔikrāh",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "إِكْرَاه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "pakottaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nötigung"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prapīṛan",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "प्रपीड़न"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zor-jabardastī",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "kényszerítés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pʊəl kaa",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "ពលការ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coactus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerção"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coercitare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prinuždénije",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "принужде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceannsachadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prisila"
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          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "cebir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 78 4 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "use of force to compel",
          "word": "icbar"
        }
      ]
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        "A specific instance of coercing."
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        "(countable) A specific instance of coercing."
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "word": "coerció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "word": "pakottaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coerción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "exanagkasmós",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "word": "kényszerítés"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "km",
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          "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "instance of coercing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prisila"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 5 66 12 4",
          "code": "sh",
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            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
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            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
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        "Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type."
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        "(programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type."
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          "_dis1": "8 5 8 75 4",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
          "word": "altipigo"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
          "word": "pakottaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 8 75 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coercition"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 8 75 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
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          "ref": "2008, Oliver Bott, “Doing It Again and Again May Be Difficult, But It Depends on What You Are Doing”, in Proceedings of the 27th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, page 63",
          "text": "But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Susanne Mohr, “From Accra to Nairobi – the use of pluralized mass nouns in East and West African postcolonial Englishes”, in Daniel Schmidt-Brücken, Susanne Schuster, Marina Wienberg, editors, Aspects of (Post)Colonial Linguistics, Berlin: DeGruyter, →OCLC, page 161",
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      "ipa": "/koʊˈɜːʃən/",
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      "ipa": "/koʊˈɝʒən/",
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      "word": "coercionist"
    }
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    {
      "word": "coercible"
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      "word": "coercitive"
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      "word": "coercive"
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        "English uncountable nouns"
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          "ref": "1947 March 12, Harry S. Truman, 5:24 from the start, in MP72-14 Excerpt - Truman Doctrine Speech, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162",
          "text": "One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion.",
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          "instance"
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          "conversion"
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
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        },
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          "ref": "2016, Susanne Mohr, “From Accra to Nairobi – the use of pluralized mass nouns in East and West African postcolonial Englishes”, in Daniel Schmidt-Brücken, Susanne Schuster, Marina Wienberg, editors, Aspects of (Post)Colonial Linguistics, Berlin: DeGruyter, →OCLC, page 161",
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        "semantics"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/koʊˈɝʒən/",
      "tags": [
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "coërcion"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shtrëngim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "قهر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "قسر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "غصب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "عنت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "دفع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "جبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḍṭirār",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "اِضْطِرَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔilzām",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "إِلْزَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔikrāh",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "إِكْرَاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔirḡām",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "إرْغَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔijbār",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "إِجْبَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "harkadrum",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "հարկադրում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bṙnadatum",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "բռնադատում"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prýmus",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пры́мус"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prinuda",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "принуда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasilie",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "насилие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "強迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiǎngpò",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "强迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēipò",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "威迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "donucení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "tvang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "sundimine"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "sund"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "pakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "pakkokeino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coercition"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerción"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒaldaṭaneba",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "ძალდატანება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exanagkasmós",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katapíesi",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταπίεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kfi'a",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כפייה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zor-jabardastī",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "kényszer"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "paksaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "coercizione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōsei",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "強制"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いあつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iatsu",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "威圧"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうはく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōhaku",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "強迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pʊəl kaa",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "ពលការ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gangje",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "강제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gang'ap",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "강압"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coactus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piespiešana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spiediens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prievarta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "privertimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prinuda",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "принуда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "uruhanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "albadlaga",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "албадлага"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "tvang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przymus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerciție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinuždénije",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "принужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasílije",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceannsachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prisila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "prinuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "donútenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinútenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prisila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "betvingande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tvång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "word": "zorlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prýmus",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́мус"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsvang",
      "sense": "actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צוואַנג"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔikrāh",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِكْرَاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "pakottaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerción"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nötigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exanagkasmós",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prapīṛan",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "प्रपीड़न"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zor-jabardastī",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "kényszerítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pʊəl kaa",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "ពលការ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coactus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coercitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinuždénije",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "принужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceannsachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prisila"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "cebir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of force to compel",
      "word": "icbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "word": "coerció"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "word": "pakottaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coerción"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exanagkasmós",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εξαναγκασμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "word": "kényszerítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa bɑŋkʰət bɑŋkʰɑm",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "word": "ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa sɑŋkɑt sɑŋkən",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "word": "ការសង្កត់សង្កិន"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prisila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instance of coercing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prinuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
      "word": "altipigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
      "word": "pakottaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coercition"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: conversion of a value of one data type to another",
      "word": "konverzió"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coercion"
}

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