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coerce

 
 
/kəʊˈɜːs/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to make someone do something that they do not want to do
zorlamak, mecbur etmek, cebren yaptırmak
[+ into + doing sth] Employees said they were coerced into signing the agreement.18681160
coercion
 
 
/kəʊˈɜːʃən/ noun [U]
zorlama
They accused the police of coercion.
(Definition of coerce verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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