(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.
(physics) The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation
“Like any confidence man, the coercer can only exploit a weakness that we refuse to confront directly, ourselves.”
“If he had been lured or coerced from his house, all traces of the coercer were now apparently obliterated.”
“Others identify coercion with the making of threats, but seek to distinguish threats from offers in ways that avoid reference to a baseline, and instead look at the qualities of the coercer and his activities.”