Being threatened with shooting; under coercion(phrase)
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Use "at gunpoint" in a sentence
"Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped at gunpoint in 1974 by three people identifying themselves as soldiers in the “Symbionese Liberation Army.”"
"For almost three more years, he persisted with his oxymoronic mission: “conciliating” Aborigines at gunpoint and shipping them back under guard to join the Establishment on Flinders Island."
"As if the local militias and authorities wanted to prove the local aid workers right, three hours after I leave El Geneina, a town with no antigovernment rebels, a UN vehicle with two volunteers is robbed at gunpoint by men in military camouflage just outside the town."