Dictionary entry

Coercion

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အကျပ်ကိုင်မှု။

Definition

coerce /kǝƱ'ɜ:s/ v ~ sb (into sth/doing sth) ( fml ) အတင္း အက်ပ္လုပ္ခိုင္းသည္။ အက်ပ္ကိုင္သည္။ an attempt to coerce the government ❍ coerce sb into submission ❍ We were coerced into signing the contract. ❏ coercion /kǝƱ'ɜ:ʃn; US also -ʒn/ n [U] အက်ပ္ကိုင္မႈ။ our concern about the use of coercion ❍ He paid the money under coercion. ❏ coercive /kǝƱ'ɜ:sÇv/ adj ႏိုင္ထက္စီးနင္းျပဳေသာ။ coercive measures/tactics.

Examples

  1. He claims he was coerced into admitting his guilt.