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 Translation for 'to compel sb' from English to French
obliger qn.to compel sb.
3 Words
astreindre qn. à qc.to compel sb. to do sth.
Partial Matches
assimiler qn. à qn.to put sb. on an equal footing with sb.
placer qn. sous la protection de qn./qc.to place sb. under the protection of sb./sth.
confondre qn./qc. avec qn./qc. (d'autre)to mistake sb./sth. for sb./sth. (else)
enlever qn./qc. à qn./qc.to take sb./sth. away from sb./sth.
intervenir auprès de qn. pour qn.to intercede with sb. on sb.'s behalf
privilégier qn. sur qn. d'autreto give sb. an advantage over sb. else
soustraire qn./qc. à la vue de qn.to hide sb./sth. from sb.'s view
habituer qn./qc. à qn./qc.to get sb./sth. used to sb./sth.
assimiler qn./qc. à qn./qc.to bracket sb./sth. with sb./sth. [equate]
éloigner qn./qc. de qn./qc.to keep sb./sth. back from sb./sth.
cafter qn. auprès de qn. [fam.]to sneak on sb. to sb. [Br.] [dated]
cafter qn. auprès de qn. [fam.]to rat sb. out to sb. [Am.] [coll.]
placer qn. à côté de qn. [table]to sit sb. beside sb. [at the table]
tenir qn./qc. hors de portée de qn./qc.to keep sb./sth. away from sb./sth.
occup.
placer qn. auprès de qn. comme garde du corps
to place sb. with sb. as a bodyguard
transformer qn./qc. en qn./qc.to turn sb./sth. into sb./sth.
présenter qn./qc. comme qn./qc.to portray sb./sth. as sb./sth.
confier qn. à la garde de qn.to put sb. in sb.'s care
acclimater qn./qc. à qn./qc.to accustom sb./sth. to sb./sth.
entretenir qn. de qn./qc.to converse with sb. about sb./sth.
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Translation for 'to compel sb' from English to French

to compel sb.
obliger qn.

to compel sb. to do sth.
astreindre qn. à qc.

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to put sb. on an equal footing with sb.
assimiler qn. à qn.
to place sb. under the protection of sb./sth.
placer qn. sous la protection de qn./qc.
to mistake sb./sth. for sb./sth. (else)
confondre qn./qc. avec qn./qc. (d'autre)
to take sb./sth. away from sb./sth.
enlever qn./qc. à qn./qc.
to intercede with sb. on sb.'s behalf
intervenir auprès de qn. pour qn.
to give sb. an advantage over sb. else
privilégier qn. sur qn. d'autre
to hide sb./sth. from sb.'s view
soustraire qn./qc. à la vue de qn.
to get sb./sth. used to sb./sth.
habituer qn./qc. à qn./qc.
to bracket sb./sth. with sb./sth. [equate]
assimiler qn./qc. à qn./qc.
to keep sb./sth. back from sb./sth.
éloigner qn./qc. de qn./qc.
to sneak on sb. to sb. [Br.] [dated]
cafter qn. auprès de qn. [fam.]
to rat sb. out to sb. [Am.] [coll.]
cafter qn. auprès de qn. [fam.]
to sit sb. beside sb. [at the table]
placer qn. à côté de qn. [table]
to keep sb./sth. away from sb./sth.
tenir qn./qc. hors de portée de qn./qc.
to place sb. with sb. as a bodyguard
placer qn. auprès de qn. comme garde du corpsoccup.
to turn sb./sth. into sb./sth.
transformer qn./qc. en qn./qc.
to portray sb./sth. as sb./sth.
présenter qn./qc. comme qn./qc.
to put sb. in sb.'s care
confier qn. à la garde de qn.
to accustom sb./sth. to sb./sth.
acclimater qn./qc. à qn./qc.
to converse with sb. about sb./sth.
entretenir qn. de qn./qc.
Usage Examples English
  • Under the provisions of the Patriot Act, the government had issued national security letters to Merrill to compel him to provide private Internet access information from some of his customers.
  • In 1983, New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York to compel GE to pay for the clean-up of what was claimed to be more than 100,000 tons of chemicals dumped from their plant in Waterford, New York.
  • When Ewen rejected these attempts, Alexander sailed forth to compel him, but on the way he suffered a fever at the Isle of Kerrera in the Inner Hebrides.
  • An often used example is "putting a gun to someone's head" ("at gunpoint") or putting a "knife under the throat" ("at knifepoint" or cut-throat) to compel action under the threat that non-compliance may result in the attacker harming or even killing the victim.
  • From time to time, indentured VOC servants were endowed with the right of "freeburghers" but the VOC retained the power to compel them to return into its service whenever they deemed it necessary.

  • In 1287, retired Emperor Go-Fukakusa, dissatisfied with the fact that his own lineage (the "Jimyōin-tō") did not control the throne, while that of his younger brother, the retired Emperor Kameyama (the "Daikakuji-tō") did, persuaded both the Bakufu and the imperial court to compel the Emperor to abdicate in favor of Go-Fukakusa's son (Emperor Fushimi).
  • Under the Articles of Confederation, the Confederation Congress had little power to compel the individual states to comply with its decisions.
  • Kekkonen used his power extensively to nominate ministers and to compel the legislature's acceptance of new cabinets.
  • According to the Court, "the First Amendment does not permit the government to compel a person to pay for another party's speech just because the government thinks that the speech furthers the interests of the person who does not want to pay."
  • Although not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, Congress has also long asserted the power to investigate and the power to compel cooperation with an investigation.

  • Thus the courts had no power to compel the sovereign to be bound by them as they were created by the sovereign for the protection of his or her subjects.
  • Gunships also were part of the buildup of US forces in 1998 to compel Iraq to allow UNSCOM weapons inspections.
  • He is furthermore notable for using interdict and other censures to compel princes to obey his decisions, although these measures were not uniformly successful.
  • B-G Maintenance Management of Colorado, Inc," the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant a motion to compel arbitration on the basis that the fees were too high for the plaintiff Matthew Shankle.
  • One of the first actions of the new oligarchy in 424 BC was to compel the people to vote openly, which suggests that the democracy had made use of the secret ballot.

  • According to Shapiro and Hathaway one reason for the historical insignificance of the pact was the absence of an enforcement mechanism to compel compliance from signatories, since the pact only calls for violators to "be denied of the benefits furnished by [...] treaty".
  • Dragoon is occasionally used as a verb to mean to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops; and by extension to compel by any violent measures or threats.
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