Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")
=> compel, oblige, obligate -- (force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form")