coercing

Verb

coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)

1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
   • They coerced their children into going to the country park.

   Synonyms:

   hustle

3. (transitive) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.