"semicoercive" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Charles O. Lerche, Foreign Policy of the American People, page 17",
          "text": "It may either compel agreement by force — the application of coercive or semicoercive techniques — or it may win agreement from them by free consent.",
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          "ref": "1978, Juan José Linz, The breakdown of democratic regimes",
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