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press-gang

1 verb
     
press-gang1 [transitive]
1

press-gang somebody into doing something

informal to force someone to do something:
I don't want to press-gang you into doing something you're not happy with.
2 to force men to work on a ship, by taking them from the streets - done in the past
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