as in unwilling
not made or done willingly or by choice
coerced participation that couldn't last
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as in forced
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
was coerced into signing the document
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Recent Examples of coerced
Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Winters writes that this initial system of coerced labor didn’t go very well for the elites.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
This is the real danger for the NBA—players who get coerced into trying to rig games.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The retail giant agreed to the settlement to resolve an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC in 2023, in which federal officials alleged that Amazon coerced millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime subscriptions and then made those agreements extremely difficult to cancel.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Both men met their victims online and coerced them to produce the material using threats and blackmail, according to the news release.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
Ronshausen later said Andrade coerced her into giving him information and misrepresented Uthmeier’s involvement.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
It’s coerced by the culture that raised them.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The star witness was a mental patient who, in a new interview with The Tennessean, says his testimony was coerced.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
The judge cited testimony from another former girlfriend, Jane, who said Combs later assaulted her and coerced her into oral sex with an escort.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Prosecutors retried one of the men, John Kogut – who had made a coerced confession to the murder – but he was acquitted.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Winters writes that this initial system of coerced labor didn’t go very well for the elites.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions.
—EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Detectives even allegedly coerced Rosie into signing a document implicating Frank Jordano and his father, Iorlando Jordano.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
This is the real danger for the NBA—players who get coerced into trying to rig games.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The retail giant agreed to the settlement to resolve an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC in 2023, in which federal officials alleged that Amazon coerced millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime subscriptions and then made those agreements extremely difficult to cancel.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Both men met their victims online and coerced them to produce the material using threats and blackmail, according to the news release.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
Ronshausen later said Andrade coerced her into giving him information and misrepresented Uthmeier’s involvement.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
It’s coerced by the culture that raised them.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The star witness was a mental patient who, in a new interview with The Tennessean, says his testimony was coerced.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
The judge cited testimony from another former girlfriend, Jane, who said Combs later assaulted her and coerced her into oral sex with an escort.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coerced
Adjective
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The government had been unable - or unwilling - to fix it.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the rare case where someone is unwilling to seek help and a danger to themselves or others, the law enforcement officer is authorized to take someone to the hospital to be assessed against their will.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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And then the occasional strip club that I was forced to go to.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Adams, Koehler forced the woman from her upstairs bedroom down to downstairs, purposely disorienting her — the basis for the kidnapping charge he was also found guilty of.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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While spontaneous mentions of high prices increased for a fifth month, inflation expectations eased over the longer term.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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This could look like spontaneous travel plans, shifting your career focus or even a spiritual awakening.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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He was extradited to Pennsylvania for questioning and when he was compelled to testify before a grand jury, Schrader invoked his Fifth Amendment right when asked about Carol Ann Dougherty's murder.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Parks' arrest, however, compelled her to want to do more.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Sources of inspiration include the work of Ari Aster and Yorgos Lanthimos as well as films such as The Babadook and Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 drama Don’t Look Now, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland as a couple who travel to Venice following the accidental death of their daughter.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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In 2006, Cheney’s accidental shooting of a fellow hunter in Texas became an odd, symbolic flashpoint in a career marked by control and controversy.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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These were gangsters, so they weren’t obliged to couch this any way but direct.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Shaw-naé pushed for an in-person appointment, and the doctor obliged.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This is the level of cuts in CAP water that Arizona originally proposed to take under most hydrological circumstances after 2027, unless farmers in western Arizona agree to take some of the burden off the CAP — which they are not obligated to do.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Evers cannot tap unspent federal funding from pandemic aid laws because all of that money has been obligated to other recipients, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Coerced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coerced. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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