verb
- forced or coerced someone into doing something against their will
Usage: past tense of dragoon
Examples
- The committee was dragooned into accepting the unpopular proposal.
- She felt dragooned by her parents into studying medicine.
- The workers were dragooned into working overtime without pay.
- He dragooned his reluctant teammates into practicing on weekends.
- The citizens were dragooned into supporting the new tax policy.
- They dragooned the volunteers into taking on additional responsibilities.