To exert violence, or constraint upon or against a person in order to obtain something by physical, moral or intellectual means.
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :