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 Translation for 'to coerce sb' from English to Dutch
iem. dwingento coerce sb. [force sb.]
Partial Matches
afdwingento coerce [obtain by force]
iem. laten schrikkento frighten sb.
iem. lastig vallento bother sb.
iem. wijst afsb. rejects
iem. geeft de voorkeur aansb. prefers
iem. eiste opsb. claimed
iem. degradeerdesb. downgraded
iem. probeertsb. tries
iem. permitteerdesb. allowed
iem. grijptsb. grips
iem. eistesb. required
iem. ondersteuntsb. supports
chem.
stibium {het} <Sb>
antimony <Sb>
chem.
antimonium {het} <Sb>
antimony <Sb>
chem.
antimoon {het} <Sb>
antimony <Sb>
iem. gistesb. conjectured
iem. oppakkento arrest sb.
unverified (rond)spoken door iemands geestto haunt sb.
unverified iem. vervelento weary sb.
iem. danstesb. danced
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Usage Examples English
  • In 1993 Andrew McIntosh was jailed for 12 years for conspiring to coerce the government into setting up a separate government in Scotland.
  • Examples: "aër" "air", "poëta" "poet", "coërcere" "to coerce".
  • Since a criminal justice system that tried and punished only those who volunteered for trial and punishment was practically unworkable, this was the means chosen to coerce them.
  • Duress is pressure exerted upon a person to coerce that person to perform an act they ordinarily would not perform.
  • Barney's song "I Love You" was among those used by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay detention camp to coerce detainees.

  • Furthermore, Hett shows that Tobias used his access to secret archives to coerce historians with opposing views by threatening to reveal compromising personal information.
  • The first film adaptation of Maurine Dallas Watkins' play of the same name, the film stars Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart, a fame-obsessed housewife who kills her lover in cold blood and, after trying to coerce her husband into taking the blame, is put on trial for murder.
  • protesters including pepper spray, pain compliance holds, police dogs, and the threat of guns in attempts to coerce the protesters to abandon their lock downs.
  • Jackson rejected Frankfurter's argument, citing the Roman effort to drive out Christianity, the Spanish Inquisition of the Jews, and the Siberian exile of Soviet dissidents as evidence of the "ultimate futility" of efforts to coerce unanimous sentiment out of a populace.
  • During November 2017, PwC was engaged in due diligence and valuation of the media company, MBC Group, owned by Saudi businessman, Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, who was allegedly held against his wishes at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh as part of an attempt to coerce him into selling it to the Saudi Crown Prince.

  • People may find such law acceptable, but the use of state power to coerce citizens to comply with that law lacks moral justification.
  • The Boers saw them as a British attempt to coerce the Boers into surrender, with the camp inmates – mainly families of Boer fighters – seen as deliberately kept in poor conditions to encourage high death rates.
  • His attempts to coerce Chief Charlo to sign the agreement nearly brought about a military clash.
  • Examples include an organised government attempt to coerce workers to leave independent trade unions in .
  • The United Kingdom eventually recognized Texas in the 1840s after a cotton price crash, in a failed attempt to coerce Texas to give up slavery (replacing slave-produced cotton from southern U.S. ...

  • This also explains the propensity of criminal organizations to develop protection rackets, to coerce through the use of violence, aggression and threatening behavior (at times termed 'terrorism').
  • Sir John French was forced to resign as CIGS, after having made the error of putting in writing a promise that officers would not be required to coerce Ulster; Haig respected Hubert Gough's principled stand but felt French had allowed himself to be used as a political tool by H.
  • Obviously, a criminal justice system that could punish only those who had volunteered for possible punishment was unworkable; a means was needed to coerce them into entering a plea.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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