Sentence examples for violence to compel from inspiring English sources

The American authorities say Mr. Caro Quintero has operated with near total impunity since 1992, when he used bribery and threats of violence to compel a Mexican judge to drop criminal charges pending against him.

Some of the more radical members of this group, known as the "Night Riders", used vigilante violence to compel membership in the Association during what became known as the Black Patch Tobacco Wars.

Clausewitz cogently defines war as a rational instrument of foreign policy: "an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will".

This notion fits in nicely with Clausewitz's own general definition of war as "an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will".

War in the classical understanding of the concept as defined by C. Clausewitz: "an act of violence intended to compel our opponents to fulfil our will" [20, p. 5] and following the rules formulated by the Geneva Conventions and the additional Protocols.

In the words of the classic German military strategist, Carl Von Clausewitz, "war is as an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will".

The United Nations is powerless to compel cooperation.

Military threats tend to compel economic cooperation.

To compel scientists to act ethically?

While it is not observers' mandate to enforce a cessation of violence or compel the Syrian government to adhere to their commitments -- at least not yet -- observers are providing the foundation for the UN Security Council to move forward.

The Conservatives have not had to correct their course with the same violence to which Labour was compelled in order to earn its right to govern.