Definition of "coercing" [coercing]

• Present participle of coerce. (verb)

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• "The “liberal” New York Times allowed Judith ‘Stenographer’ Miller to print her unverified stories that were instrumental in coercing the nation into war."
• "Chief Mate Revett was apparently the most brutal in coercing labor."
• "Ms. Thornton confirmed that 15 inmates at Pelican Bay had been moved to an administrative housing unit because they were identified as coercing other inmates into participation."