coerced
adj.adj. forced to do something that you do not want to do. You feel this way when someone uses threats or power to make you act against your will.
adj. compelled by force, intimidation, or authority to act against one's will. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel' or 'be'.
He felt coerced into signing the contract.
The witness later claimed she was coerced by the police into giving a false statement.
Legal scholars argue that a confession obtained from a coerced suspect is fundamentally unreliable and should be inadmissible in a court of law.
Often followed by the preposition 'into' plus a gerund or noun phrase.
he was coerced to signinghe was coerced into signingWhen followed by an action, this word typically requires the preposition 'into' and a gerund, rather than an infinitive.