coerce

/kəʊˈɜːs//koʊˈɝs/

verb

  1. 1

    To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

  2. 2

    To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

  3. 3

    To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

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