duress
IPA: dˈʊrɛs
noun
- (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
- Constraint by threat.
- (law) 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
- To put under duress; to pressure.
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Examples of "duress" in Sentences
- After all, his duress is worth more than the 2100+ lost.
- Still, making a guy beat-off under gunplay duress is fun.
- He completed 18-of-30 passes for 211 yards and an interception as he was under constant duress from the defense.
- The need to keep cool under duress is further tested when her boss (Patricia Clarkson) hires a sous chef, Nick (Aaron Eckhart).
- Freedom from duress is held essential to a binding contract so that this very power of the strong may not be exercised over the weak.
- “Though, compared to some other countries around there, and the “new and improved Bush version†fewer people were in duress or being subjected to murder.”
- Mental duress is often worse than physical duress, and their lack of information about us was one of the many hardships our families had to endure throughout those many years.
- From what I have heard information extracted under duress is inherently suspect because people will say anything to relieve the duress – note I am not trying to define torture but only duress.
- In that part of the world, you have to rule with an iron fist … Though, compared to some other countries around there, and the “new and improved Bush version” fewer people were in duress or being subjected to murder.
- #542 – “In that part of the world, (Middle East) you have to rule with an iron fist†¦ Though, compared to some other countries around there, and the “new and improved Bush version†fewer people were in duress or being subjected to murder.”
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