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Forcing involuntary behavior in another
Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner through the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party. It
Coercion
Collection of behaviors that interfere with decision-making related to reproductive health
Reproductive coercion, also called coerced reproduction, reproductive control or reproductive abuse, is a collection of behaviors that interfere with decision-making
Reproductive_coercion
In linguistics, coercion is a term applied to a process of reinterpretation triggered by a mismatch between the semantic properties of a selector and the
Coercion_(linguistics)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up coercion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coercion is the practice of compelling a person to behave in an involuntary way. Coercion may also
Coercion_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Religious coercion may refer to Blue laws, when enforcing religious standards Forced conversion Some aspects of state religion This disambiguation page
Religious_coercion
Act to suppress popular discontent
A Coercion Act was an Act of Parliament that gave a legal basis for increased state powers to suppress popular discontent and disorder. The label was applied
Coercion_Act
Sexual coercion among non-human animals
Sexual coercion has been observed in many clades of animals, including mammals, birds, insects, and fish. It includes the use of violence, threats, harassment
Sexual_coercion_among_animals
Type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse without consent
person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid
Rape
Table illustrating torture on American prisoners of the Korean War
Biderman's Chart of Coercion, also called Biderman's Principles, is a table developed in 1957 by American-born sociologist Albert Biderman (1920–2003)
Biderman's_Chart_of_Coercion
European Union regulation adopted in 2023
The Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), nicknamed the trade bazooka, is a regulation of the European Union proposed in December 2021, adopted in November 2023
Anti-Coercion_Instrument
Action by a state to compel international entities to do (or not) something
In international relations, coercion refers to the imposition of costs by a state on other states and non-state actors to prevent them from taking an action
Coercion (international relations)
Coercion_(international_relations)
Kidnap and torture ring
The New York divorce coercion gang was a Haredi Jewish group who kidnapped, and in some cases tortured, Jewish men in the New York metropolitan area to
New York divorce coercion gang
New_York_divorce_coercion_gang
Clandestine acquisition of confidential information
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret, confidential, or in some way valuable
Espionage
Medieval infrastructure
A coercion castle (German: Zwingburg) or coercive castle was a heavily fortified, medieval castle built to dominate the surrounding land. Such castles
Coercion_castle
Informal health service
In the context of a doctor–patient relationship, informal coercion is a social process where a healthcare profession tries to make a patient adhere to
Informal_coercion
List of coups and coup attempts
a coup is the illegal overthrow of a government (as opposed to legal coercion). Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able
List of coups and coup attempts by country
List_of_coups_and_coup_attempts_by_country
1914 American film
A Happy Coercion is a 1914 American silent short comedy film based on a story by Theodosia Harris. The film stars Perry Banks, William Bertram, Jacques
A_Happy_Coercion
Key aspect in determining verdict
and other forms of sexual violence: The coercion-based model "requires that the sexual act was done by coercion, violence, physical force or threat of
Sexual_consent_in_law
Legal defense
Marital coercion was a defence to most crimes under English criminal law and under the criminal law of Northern Ireland. It is similar to duress. It was
Marital_coercion
American minister and civil rights activist (1929–1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent
Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Ongoing migration incident
offers no security guarantees and uses weaponized migration as a means of coercion. The head of the police union for Spain's Civil Guard called the situation
2026_Ceuta_migrant_crisis
International new religious movement
nanoplastics. The movement has also been criticized for alleged claims of sexual coercion against women committed by its founder, Igor Danilov. Around 2003, the
AllatRa
Academic publishing practice
their study "reported multiple instances of coercion" and that "there are published references to coercion in fields beyond the social sciences." The business
Coercive_citation
Systematic coercive persuasion
this context, thought reform was possible without violence or physical coercion. He also pointed out that in their efforts against terrorism, Western governments
Brainwashing
Core concept in libertarianism
self-sustaining like any other valuable service, and that it can be supplied without coercion by the free market much more effectively and efficiently than by a government
Non-aggression_principle
President of Russia (2000–2008; since 2012)
reports of irregularities at this election, including ballot stuffing and coercion. Russian authorities claimed that in occupied areas of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia
Vladimir_Putin
American actress (born 1996)
that Chandler would star in Susannah Grant's sex trafficking drama series Coercion for Showtime. As of August 2024, production for the series has yet to start
Sydney_Chandler
Changing an expression from one data type to another
In computer science, type conversion, type casting, type coercion, and type juggling are different ways of changing an expression from one data type to
Type_conversion
Threat to kill
are often covered by coercion statutes. For instance, the coercion statute in Alaska says: A person commits the crime of coercion if the person compels
Death_threat
Portrayal of sexual subject matter
or economic coercion of the women who perform in it. They charged that pornography eroticizes the domination, humiliation, and coercion of women, while
Pornography
Christian church based in Rome
original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Pink, Thomas (1 August 2012). "Conscience and Coercion". First Things. The Institute on Religion and Public Life. Archived from
Catholic_Church
Military strategy
Nuclear blackmail is a form of nuclear strategy in which a state uses the threat of nuclear weapons to compel or deter an adversary's action. Jeff McMahan
Nuclear_blackmail
Legendary war in Greek mythology
prophecies concerning the fall of Troy, so Odysseus waylaid Helenus. Under coercion, Helenus told the Achaeans that they would win if they retrieved Pelops's
Trojan_War
Penetrative sexual activity for reproduction or sexual pleasure
person's genitals without her or his consent, forced oral sex, and same-sex coercion – are not considered rape"; they stated that "although some other forms
Sexual_intercourse
Continent
Nigeria in 1914: Daly, Samuel Fury Childs (4 May 2019). "From Crime to Coercion: Policing Dissent in Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1900–1940". The Journal of Imperial
Africa
Voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity
activity" without abuse or exploitation of "trust, power or authority", coercion or threats. Consent can also be revoked at any moment. The Supreme Court
Sexual_consent
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
policy", he wrote, "cannot in any real or enduring way be achieved by coercion." In 1957, the philosophy and psychology departments at Harvard invited
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Debate on circumstances permitting abortion of fetus
The abortion debate is a longstanding and contentious discourse that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. In
Abortion_debate
Captivity and abuse of Elisabeth Fritzl
Convictions Murder by negligence Enslavement Rape Deprivation of liberty Coercion Incest Sentence Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after
Fritzl_case
Study and taxonomy of types of power
original French and Raven (1959) model included five bases of power – reward, coercion, legitimate, expert, and referent – however, informational power was added
French and Raven's bases of power
French_and_Raven's_bases_of_power
Criminal offense in the Philippines
under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. It is a form of "light coercion" involving an act by a person which causes annoyance or irritation of another
Unjust_vexation
Sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion
unwanted sexual act, an attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion, or an act directed against a person's sexuality without their consent
Sexual_violence
1775–1783 conflict in North America
a member of the Whig faction in Parliament who opposed the policy of coercion advocated by Lord North; Cornwallis, who later surrendered at Yorktown
American_Revolutionary_War
Sexual behavior of non-human animals
may be reproductively motivated (e.g. sex apparently due to duress or coercion and situational sexual behaviour) or non-reproductively motivated (e.g
Animal_sexual_behaviour
Non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim
Sextortion (a portmanteau of sex and extortion) employs non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim. Sextortion refers to the broad
Sextortion
The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 3) was an act passed by the British Parliament. The Home Secretary, Lord Sidmouth, introduced the
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817
Habeas_Corpus_Suspension_Act_1817
1960s–1998 conflict in Northern Ireland
control of major organised crime rackets (e.g., drugs supply, community coercion and violence, intimidation), and violent crime linked to dissident republican
The_Troubles
Political philosophy emphasising social ownership of production
that the establishment of an equal society would have to entail strong coercion. Milton Friedman argued that the absence of private economic activity would
Socialism
Indication of intent of harm
the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control. The act of intimidation for coercion is considered a threat. Threatening or threatening
Threat
American politician and diplomat (born 1971)
"national interest" to acquire Greenland and did not rule out military coercion to do so. In February 2025, Rubio met with El Salvador president Nayib
Marco_Rubio
Literary subgenre
romance, the genre centers relationships in which behaviors such as control, coercion, or violence may be integrated into the romantic dynamic itself. It commonly
Dark_romance
Trade of humans for exploitation
transferring, harboring, or buying human beings through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploiting them for profit. This exploitation may include
Human_trafficking
Country in West Africa
promoted the growth of cotton for export. The cotton policy – based on coercion – failed, and revenue generated by the colony stagnated. The colony was
Burkina_Faso
Country in West Asia
Retrieved 7 April 2023. Summary, "Torture Redux: The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain" Archived 30 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Bahrain
2000 book by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer
Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion is a 2000 book by biologist Randy Thornhill and anthropologist Craig T. Palmer. Sexual coercion Sexual Violence: Opposing
A_Natural_History_of_Rape
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017
due process nor plea bargains. US officials described the actions as "coercion, abuse, and torture". Detainees were denied sleep, had their heads covered
Mohammed_bin_Salman
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Acts passed as emergency measures with limited duration) or the Jubilee Coercion Act (being passed in the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria)
Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887
Criminal_Law_and_Procedure_(Ireland)_Act_1887
American drummer
formerly of the band Sleep. He played in the hardcore punk band Violent Coercion with Scott Kelly and Dave Edwardson before the trio formed Neurosis in
Jason_Roeder
Discouragement of exercising rights by threats of legal sanctions
taken. In the absence of a legal context, the common use of coercion or threats of coercion (along with other undesirable consequences) can exert a chilling
Chilling_effect
Swiss popular initiative
The Swiss children coercion reparation initiative (German: Wiedergutmachungsinitiative) was a Swiss federal popular initiative. It called for reappraisal
Swiss children coercion reparation initiative
Swiss_children_coercion_reparation_initiative
Stance in occupied countries in World War II
collaboration with the Axis powers, "out of conviction, desperation, or under coercion". Nationalists sometimes welcomed German or Italian troops which they believed
Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
Collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany_and_Fascist_Italy
Abrahamic monotheistic religion
ISBN 978-1-4039-8309-1. p. 53–54. Friedmann, Yohanan (2003). Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition. Cambridge University
Islam
industry. Many such women have committed suicide under the high pressure and coercion they face. Many Japanese-made pornographic films (JAV), have titles that
Pornography_in_Japan
Political ideology and economic theory
private institutions that provide legal and security services relegating coercion to the collection of tort damages, and refining recoupment in the context
Anarcho-capitalism
Paraphilia in which a subject derives gratification from inflicting pain
torture, rape, homicide, mutilation Differential diagnosis Rape, sexual coercion, sexual grooming, paraphilia, prostitution, sadomasochism, conduct disorder
Sexual_sadism_disorder
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
the allegations and said he planned to countersue Pisciotta for "sexual coercion"; he settled the lawsuit in 2026. The third, filed by a former model in
Kanye_West
1999 conflict between India and Pakistan
military was emboldened by its nuclear deterrent to markedly increase coercion against India. The nature of the India-Pakistan conflict took a more sinister
Kargil_War
American white supremacist hate group
contrast these justifications with extensive records of Klan violence and coercion, highlighting the gap between the organization's self‑presentation and
Ku_Klux_Klan
Group to prevent sexual coercion
The Alliance Against Sexual Coercion (AASC) was an American organization that aimed to address sexual coercion and sexual harassment faced by working women
Alliance Against Sexual Coercion
Alliance_Against_Sexual_Coercion
Aspect of personal relationships
another person. Abusers often utilize tactics such as intimidation or coercion, and may seek personal gain, personal gratification, and the enjoyment
Controlling behavior in relationships
Controlling_behavior_in_relationships
individuals, by means of threatening or use of force or also other forms of coercion, of abduction, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability
Human trafficking in the United States
Human_trafficking_in_the_United_States
Country in East Asia
April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Jackson, Van (2016). Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US–North Korea Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University
North_Korea
Overview of the events of 2026 in the United Kingdom
investigation concludes there was "no evidence" of "family voting" or voter coercion during the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election. Edward Fitzalan-Howard,
2026 in United Kingdom politics and government
2026_in_United_Kingdom_politics_and_government
Medical treatment undertaken without the consent of the person being treated
words that connote coercion where coercion is not formally used. At other times, they might use words of cooperation when formal coercion is in fact applied
Involuntary_treatment
Overuse of a shared resource
right to choose the number of its offspring, and to replace it by "mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon". Some scholars have argued that over-exploitation
Tragedy_of_the_commons
Exploitative type of social influence
may use to manipulate another person may include seduction, suggestion, coercion, and blackmail. Manipulation is generally considered a dishonest form of
Manipulation_(psychology)
Unsafe driving practice when a driver follows another too closely
Tailgating is the action of a driver driving behind another vehicle while not leaving sufficient distance to stop without causing a collision if the vehicle
Tailgating
Canadian pornographic video-sharing website
were arrested on three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, after a civil lawsuit was filed in July. A week afterwards, the official
Pornhub
U.S. presidential administration since 2025
Greenland — perhaps by military force — and saying he will use economic coercion to pressure Canada to become the nation's 51st state. Collinson, Stephen
Second presidency of Donald Trump
Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump
American and British internet personality (born 1986)
August 2023). "Andrew Tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion ahead of trial". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved
Andrew_Tate
Core legal concept and definition of a state
itself to be the only source of legitimacy for all physical coercion or adjudication of coercion. For example, the law might permit individuals to use force
Monopoly_on_violence
American television host, author and attorney (born 1951)
Bureau. Pirro was known to be an aggressive bureau chief. Due to possible coercion, she had a strict policy against dropping cases at a victim's request.
Jeanine_Pirro
Australian musical sibling duo
reproductive coercion. In March 2026, her case was raised by Natalie Fleet MP during a Westminster Hall debate on reproductive coercion. Fleet said that
Nervo_(DJs)
Management of cross-border population mobility
mass population movements may constitute an element of coercion in international relations. Coercion is also used to force third countries to impose anti-migrant
Migration_diplomacy
1967 war between Israel and Arab states
from East Jerusalem to the Allenby Bridge, though there is no evidence of coercion. The free Israeli-organized transportation, which began on June 11, 1967
Six-Day_War
Sexual stimulation of one's own genitals
description is consistent over time, child's description reveals pressure or coercion. Coulborn Faller, Kathleen (2003). Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual
Masturbation
Islamist Palestinian political and paramilitary organization
Mohammed Abd Al-Hamid, a resident of Ramallah, wrote that this religious coercion could cause the migration of artists, and said "The religious fanatics
Hamas
Diplomatic crisis over US annexation threats
force in his attempt to annex Greenland, while not ruling out economic coercion, insisting on "immediate negotiations" despite Denmark telling him Greenland
Greenland_crisis
1992 United States Supreme Court case
high school years. Finally, Kennedy formulated what is now known as the coercion test in answering the argument that participation in the prayer was voluntary:
Lee_v._Weisman
Behavioural program
have revealed systematic abuse, corporal punishment, and psychological coercion in these facilities. As part of the treatment, many clinics and camps impose
Internet_addiction_camps
Christian philosopher and theologian (354–430)
Antiquity to theoretically examine the ideas of religious freedom and coercion. Augustine handled the infliction of punishment and the exercise of power
Augustine_of_Hippo
1989 book by Marc Galanter
Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion is a non-fiction book on cults and coercive persuasion, written by Marc Galanter. The book was published in hardcover
Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion
Cults:_Faith,_Healing_and_Coercion
Forced termination of pregnancy
Forced abortion is a form of reproductive coercion that refers to the act of compelling a woman to undergo termination of a pregnancy against her will
Forced_abortion
Basic programming language construct
(aka coerce) operands to be compatible with each other. For example, Perl coercion rules cause 12 + "3.14" to evaluate to 15.14. The string literal "3.14"
Operator (computer programming)
Operator_(computer_programming)
American comedy-drama anthology television series
between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner"
Beef_(TV_series)
Indian politician (born 1957)
Praful Khodabhai Patel (born 28 August 1957) is an Indian politician, who is the administrator of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
Praful_Khoda_Patel
Act of forcing a woman or girl to become pregnant against her will
of a programme of genocide. Forced pregnancy is a form of reproductive coercion. Beyond the context of international law, forced pregnancy is defined more
Forced_pregnancy
Form of child abuse
include engaging in sexual behavior with a child (whether by force, threats, coercion, manipulation, or other fraudulent means), exhibitionism, child grooming
Child_sexual_abuse
Book by Charles Tilly
Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990–1992 is a 1992 book by the American political scientist Charles Tilly. The central theme of the book is
Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990–1992
Coercion,_Capital,_and_European_States,_AD_990–1992
2019 death of Canadian police officer
by suicide in 2019. Chan made allegations of being the victim of sexual coercion from supervising officers prior to her death. In late 2018, Chan filed
Suicide_of_Nicole_Chan
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