When you threaten someone harm if they do not sign a contract, this is an example of coercion.
- the act or power of coercing
- government by force
Origin of coercionClassical Latin coercio
- The act or practice of coercing.
- Power or ability to coerce.
- (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- (law, not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
- (computing, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.