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noun • compulsory force or threat | ||||
| 23% | 5 | Strength - compulsion | ||
noun • a powerful effect or influence • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity • physical energy or intensity • group of people willing to obey orders • a unit that is part of some military service • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority • a group of people having the power of effective action • (of a law) having legal validity • a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base verb • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate • move with force • impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically • do forcibly; exert force • take by force | ||||
| 23% | 11 | Compulsion to steal | ||
noun • an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | ||||
Compulsion By Threat
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