duress

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable)Harsh treatment.

   “[…]the agreements[…]made with their landlords, during the time of ſlavery, are only the effect of dureſſe and force;[…].”

2. (uncountable)Constraint by threat.

   “It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during filming.”

3. (uncountable)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. To put under duress; to pressure.

   “Someone was duressing her.”

   “The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.”