forcing

verb

Definition of forcingnext
present participle of force
1
as in coercing
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign road construction forced them to take an alternate route

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2
as in violating
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent was accused of forcing a woman

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forcing
  1. coercing
  2. violating
  3. raping
  4. assaulting
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  • Pressuring or coercing someone into ending their life would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
    Alistair Smout, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That same sentence will remain for anyone found guilty of tricking, pressuring or coercing someone into making the choice if the bill is ultimately passed.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of coercing
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  • Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of violating
Verb
  • The family’s unraveling comes when Jones’ character confronts Van Buren about raping her husband.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement In a second trial the following year, Masterson was found guilty of raping two women, both former members of the Church of Scientology.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of raping
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  • The assaulting force, a mixture of ground- and aerial unmanned vehicles, was used in the Kharkiv Oblast in northern Ukraine.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In the complaint, Lombardo is accused of assaulting Ziff in a New York City hotel room in 2011.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of assaulting
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