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Meaning
Noun
●
Harsh treatment.
●
Constraint by threat.
●
In Law:
Restraint in which a person is
influenced
, whether by
lawful
or
unlawful
forceful
compulsion
of their
liberty
by
monition
or
implementation
of physical
enforcement
;
legally
for the
incurring
of
civil
liability
, of a
citizen's arrest
, or of
subrogation
, or
illegally
for the
committing
of an
offense
, of
forcing
a
contract
, or of using threats.
Verb
●
To
put under
duress
; to pressure.
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