Meanings of coercive measures in English

I'm... old-fashioned when it comes to coercive measures aimed at the Alliance's own people.

To employ such coercive measures is your affair, my son!

The government has promoted a poultry vaccination programme but coercive measures are hard to enforce.

Under the Regulation of 1818 (which is still alive), coercive measures were adopted.

Every resistance to England's coercive measures was considered by her as a tacit aid to Napoleon.

He seemed to be the worshipper of mere brute force, the advocate of all harsh, coercive measures.

We welcome fair and free competition... obliged to enforce coercive measures...

Britain is trying to lead opposition to the proposal, preferring less coercive measures to boost women's presence in business.

The initiative also calls for an academic appraisal of the coercive measures and for a public debate on the issue.

Enforced by coercive measures

Orders were, consequently, sent to Mr. Wyse and Admiral Parker to suspend coercive measures, pending the friendly intervention of France.

The long duration of freedom-restricting coercive measures in forensic psychiatry probably reflects the selection of patients at high risk of violence.

The campaign estimates roughly 20,000 children suffered from this and other coercive measures over several generations.

Lincoln opposed the notion of coercive measures with the possibility of resulting bloodshed, advising us to eschew resort to the bullet.

Save in a few cases of special public interest, Lincoln took no personal part in the actual administration of these coercive measures.

It questions the usefulness of coercive measures for people who cannot pay their debts and outlines alternative ways of tackling their indebtedness.