The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FORCED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result FORCED
- Artificially produced waterfall at head of dale
- Stinted because of daughter’s church wedding?
- Contrived to get engineer into car
- Chrome wings in car, compulsory
- Laboured on behalf of church, then died
- Compelled number to join military unit
- Compelled Chancellor of the Exchequer to get involved initially with car manufacturer
- Pressured rioting Confederates to destroy Senate building
- Imposed one's will on fourth assault group?
- Pro-conservative English duke is insincere
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What does FORCED mean?
FORCED verb- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
- Opened or accessed using force.