Unscramble

c 3 o 1 e 1 r 1 c 3 i 1 o 1 n 1

8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the act of compelling by force of authority

noun using force to cause something to occur

originInherited from Middle English cohercioun, from Old French cohercion, from Latin coërcitiō (“magisterial coercion”), from past participle coercitus of coërceō (“to restrain, coerce”), from co- (“with”) + arceō (“to shut in, enclose”); see coerce.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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