SAT vocabulary
Coerce
to persuade an unwilling person to do something by using force or threats.
Example
"The bully tried to coerce the smaller child into giving up his lunch money."
Etymology
From Latin 'coercere' meaning 'to constrain, restrain, curb', from 'co-' (together) + 'arcere' (to enclose, confine).
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