coerce

verb3

1. •
   To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

   • They coerced their children into going to the country park.
2. •
   To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
3. •
   To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.