coerce

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
2. 2
   To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
3. 3
   To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.