different between kidnap vs coerce

English

Etymology

From kid +? nap (“to nab; to grab”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?dnæp/

Verb

kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)

1. (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.

Translations

Noun

kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)

1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Related terms

• kidnapper, kidnaper
• kidnappee, kidnapee

Translations

Anagrams

• ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kidnap

1. first-person singular present indicative of kidnappen
2. imperative of kidnappen

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnap.

Noun

kidnap

1. kidnap

Synonyms

• dukot

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko???s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

coerce (third-person singular simple present coerces, present participle coercing, simple past and past participle coerced)

1. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
2. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

3. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

Synonyms

• compel
• bully
• dragoon

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• coerce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coerce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

coerc?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coerce?