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du·ress
/dʊˈrɛs ||djʊ-/
強迫,監禁
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Du·ress
n.
1.
Hardship
;
constraint
;
pressure
;
imprisonment
;
restraint
of
liberty
.
The
agreements
. . .
made
with
the
landlords
during
the
time
of
slavery
,
are
only
the
effect
of
duress
and
force
.
--
Burke
.
2.
Law
The
state
of
compulsion
or
necessity
in
which
a
person
is
influenced
,
whether
by
the
unlawful
restrain
of
his
liberty
or
by
actual
or
threatened
physical
violence
,
to
incur
a
civil
liability
or
to
commit
an
offense
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Du·ress
v. t.
To
subject
to
duress
.
“The
party
duressed
.”
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
duress
n
:
compulsory
force
or
threat
; "
confessed
under
duress
"
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