coercion
making someone do something by using threats, force, or strong pressure
the use of force, threats, intimidation, or unfair pressure to make someone do something against their will
when a program automatically changes a value from one data type to another
in computing, the automatic conversion of a value from one data type to another, especially by a programming language or runtime system
- Base: coercion
- Plural: coercion, coercions
economic coercion
1pressure using economic power
forcing someone to do something by using financial or economic pressure
- The government accused its neighbor of economic coercion after new trade restrictions were imposed.
- Workers described the threat of losing housing as a form of economic coercion.
- Small countries may be vulnerable to economic coercion by larger trading partners.
- The company used economic coercion to control workers.
- Sanctions can be a form of economic coercion.
force, fraud, or coercion
1legal grounds of exploitation
a legal phrase meaning someone was forced, tricked, or pressured into doing something
- The statute defines trafficking as obtaining labor through force, fraud, or coercion.
- Prosecutors argued that the victims were recruited and controlled by force, fraud, or coercion.
- Training materials explain how force, fraud, or coercion can appear in workplace exploitation cases.
- The law talks about force, fraud, or coercion.
free from coercion
1not forced or pressured
done or decided without threats, force, or unfair pressure
- For consent to be valid, it must be informed and free from coercion.
- Election observers said voters should be able to cast ballots free from coercion or intimidation.
- Participants in the study had to give permission that was free from coercion.
- Her choice was free from coercion.
- Consent must be free from coercion.
sexual coercion
1pressure into sexual activity
forcing or pressuring someone into sexual activity when they do not freely agree
- The training teaches students how to recognize sexual coercion and support survivors.
- Threatening to end a relationship unless a partner has sex can be a form of sexual coercion.
- The report examined patterns of sexual coercion in workplaces and universities.
- Sexual coercion is not consent.
- The school talked about sexual coercion and safety.