Coerced and Required

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Coerced adjective - Not made or done willingly or by choice.

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Required and coerced are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Required" instead the word "Coerced" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: coercion, coercive, coercible, coercing

Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Coerced and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coerced" instead the word "Required" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: requirement, requiring

If sufficiently intimidated by Elodie's cruelty, Alice the maid gets coerced into being the queen's lover, and is especially envied for the jeweled collar that she's required to wear.

Source: Visual Novel / Long Live the Queen
As just one example, getting a suspect to give a urine sample through saying it's required by law, when it actually isn't, sounds like grounds to have the evidence thrown out of court, given that it was obtained under false pretenses, or was coerced.

Source: It's Personal

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