coerce
Pronunciation:
/kəʊˈɜːs//koʊˈɝs/verb
Definitions
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.