Definition
strong-arm (method): violent, intimidating, brutal (method)
strong-arm tactics methods involving force and threats
to strong-arm somebody into doing something: to intimidate somebody into doing something, to force somebody into doing something
I don't appreciate you strong-arming me into signing this contract. I don't like the fact that you intimidated me into doing it.
- "We have never given in to thinly veiled threats or strong-arming in the past, and we are not about to start now."
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