Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who coerces.
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- noun One who practices
coercion .
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Examples
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The federal government's role should not be coercer but informer and encourager.
James K. Glassman: A Fruitful Answer to Obesity James K. Glassman 2010
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The federal government's role should not be coercer but informer and encourager.
James K. Glassman: A Fruitful Answer to Obesity James K. Glassman 2010
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Let the president be seen as the coercer-in-chief.
GOP: The Fight Is Not Over Steve Forbes 2010
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Let the president be seen as the coercer-in-chief.
GOP: The Fight Is Not Over Steve Forbes 2010
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Even if this particular problem is solved, if I get a piece of paper indicating how I voted, I can sell my vote and prove how I voted or I can be coerced into a particular vote and the coercer can get confirmation of that vote.
The Volokh Conspiracy » We Might Know Who You Voted For: 2007
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Secondly, a man is said to be subject to a law as the coerced is subject to the coercer.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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God, by whose authority this transformation is effected, has implanted in us the invincible conviction that the power to coerce, which He gives, implies an obligation on the part of the coercer to respect voluntarily that which he compels others to observe.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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With weak secrecy, the buyer or coercer can demand proof.
Archive 2006-12-01 Jim Horning 2006
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With weak secrecy, the buyer or coercer can demand proof.
Erosion of the Secret Ballot Jim Horning 2006
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There is also reason to doubt that what the coercer did in such cases rises to meet the bar at which we should consider it coercive.
Coercion Anderson, Scott 2006
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