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  2. Coercion - Wikipedia

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    The threat of further harm may also lead to the acquiescence of the person being coerced. The concepts of coercion and persuasion are similar, but various factors distinguish the two. These include the intent, the willingness to cause harm, the result of the interaction, and the options available to the coerced party. [4]: 126

  3. Coercion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Coercion is the practice of compelling a person to behave in an involuntary way.. Coercion may also refer to: . Coercion (linguistics), reinterpretation of a lexeme Coercive function, mathematical function that "grows rapidly" at the extremes of the space on which it is defined

  4. Forced suicide - Wikipedia

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    Forced suicide is a method of execution where the victim is coerced into committing suicide to avoid facing an alternative option they perceive as much worse, such as being tortured to death, suffering public humiliation, or having friends or family members imprisoned, tortured or killed.

  5. Coercion (international relations) - Wikipedia

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    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 or to compel them to take an action (compellence).

  6. Forced displacement - Wikipedia

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    Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region.The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence or human rights violations".

  7. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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    In jurisprudence, duress or coercion refers to a situation whereby a person performs an act as a result of violence, threat, or other pressure against the person. Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed.) defines duress as "any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would]".

  8. Blackmail - Wikipedia

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    Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat.. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a threat to do something that would cause a person to suffer embarrassment or financial loss. [1]

  9. Forced confession - Wikipedia

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    The teacher Ursula painfully tortured, whipped, beaten, and finally burned in Maastricht, AD 1570 engraved by Jan Luyken for the Martyrs Mirror, 1685. A forced confession is a confession obtained from a suspect or a prisoner by means of torture (including enhanced interrogation techniques) or other forms of duress.