dragoon
📖 Definitions
verb tr.
To force someone to do something; coerce.
💬 Usage Examples
“The government tightly controls cotton, Uzbekistan’s third-biggest export (after gold and gas) ... It normally dragoons public-sector workers to harvest the bolls. But this autumn thousands of doctors, nurses, and teachers were sent home from the fields. The government says greater mechanisation and higher wages for pickers will soon allow it to do without forced labour altogether.” From a Low Base; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 16, 2017.