Synonyms:
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
Meaning: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
Usage examples
There are no canons to direct his own mind, and no canons that coerce the reader's judgment or the publisher's.
To add that there could be no justification for the invasion of a State by an army of the United States, is but to repeat what has been said, on the absence of any authority in the General Government to coerce a State.