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prigionia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • duress noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.

Senses

prigionia is used for these senses in English:

  • duress (legal) 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.

duress — full definition

  1. noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.
  2. verb To force someone into an action through threats or pressure.

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