duress

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Harsh treatment.
2. 2
   Constraint by threat.
3. 3
   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.

Verb

1. 1
   To put under duress; to pressure.