dragooned in English

verb

1

coerce (someone) into doing something.

she had been dragooned into helping with the housework

synonyms: coerce, pressure, press, push, force, compel, impel, hound, harass, nag, harry, badger, goad, pester, browbeat, bludgeon, bully, twist someone's arm, strong-arm, railroad

verb

• coerce, pressure, press, push, force, compel, impel, hound, harass, nag, harry, badger, goad, pester, browbeat, bludgeon, bully, twist someone's arm, strong-arm, railroad
• railroad, sandbag

Use "dragooned" in a sentence

1. They dragooned her into working.

2. We were dragooned into the football team.

3. We were dragooned into going to the opera.

4. Monica was dragooned into being on the committee.

5. The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms.

6. The history teacher who had dragooned me into taking the exam is a nit - picking person.