Duress

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–noun

1. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.

2. Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.

3. forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment.



—Synonyms 

1. intimidation, pressure, bullying, browbeating.





　

That circumstance forces Jim -- under paternal duress -- to fill in for Tim as an elementary school girls' basketball team coach, and to work at the dreaded ladder factory owned by mom and dad. The factory also employs black-sheep relation Uncle Stacy (Mark Boone Jr.), who prefers to be called Evil, and deals drugs out of the oblivious parents' business.





sweatbox

as it [tumbles] and [swirls] in the direction of a [gadgeted] sweatbox in which the hero's mental reflexes are relentlessly conditioned under stress.

penitentiary

slammer

landing her in the [slammer] and Ed at the mercy of [blowhard] big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider. 

carcinogen

cf. incineration

incarceration

their [in]quisition, and eventually their [in]carceration by the other side 

which helps formerly [homeless] or [incarcerated] people learn [vocational] skills and become active members of their communities.

coop

Based on the true story of the Wineville Chicken [Coop] Murders, also known as the Wineville Chicken Murders.

snare

to snare her [into] going. 

even blow Spider-Man's [webbing] away from Scarlotti preventing him from being [ensnared].

that one impulsive action can set in motion a web of fate that ultimately [ensnares] the hero,



alchemy 

bullion

ingot

and key plan of a heist for landing a haul of $4 million in gold [ingots] from a security van in Turin, Italy.

drachma

peseta

Watch. I am taking 5,000 peseta note. You're my witness. 

wad

Irina always has a sizable [wad] of [cash] in her pocket 

a wad of [paper] [tobacco]

He wadded [up] his cap and [stuck] it into his pocket. 

They [rammed] and [wadded] the [shot] into their muskets.

quid

Fourteen thousand quid we offered.

sterling

The [sterling] equivalent is #5.50. 

a sterling [teapot] 

This factor is best actualized by the film's sterling [cast]

allowing the sterling [cast] of actors to play out a complex range of feelings.

trove

[treasure]-trove

After stumbling upon a [hidden] trove of diaries

and back-alley biblio [troves] atingle [with] hissed warnings

Ensconce