coerced

[ koh-ursd ]

adjective

1. forced or compelled through intimidation or authority, especially without regard for individual volition:

   A judge decided that key evidence, obtained from a coerced 14-year-old boy, was unreliable.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of coerce ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·co·erced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coerced¹

coerce ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Indeed, Mr. Reed is almost immediately identified as a Very Bad Guy, who draws two likable young Mormons to his home by expressing interest in their church, then locks them in, communications severed from the outside world, for a coerced and increasingly menacing TED Talk that culminates with a direct challenge of faith.

From Los Angeles Times

However, other MPs, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting, have raised concerns people could feel coerced into taking their own lives and said they will vote against the bill.

From BBC

The following day, Hoover issued a statement explaining that he had acted to prevent the government from being “coerced by mob rule.”

From Los Angeles Times

Streeting told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday that he was "concerned about the risk of people being coerced into taking their own lives sooner than they would have liked, or feeling... guilt-tripped, feeling like a burden".

From BBC

In her telling, she had been coerced and her lawyers had pressured her to take the money.

From Slate

Related Words

• compelled
• contrived
• enforced
• involuntary
• mandatory
• unwilling