as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme
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as in cavalryman
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Recent Examples of dragoon
Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic, 21 May 2020
Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 18 June 2018
The two companies of U.S. Army dragoons that arrived eight months before Texas joined the union in 1846 followed Republic of Texas volunteers, the Mexican army and Spaniards who established the city in 1718.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
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Verb
The prospect of a new law that could allow China to dragoon suspects in mainland prisons amplified fears further.
—Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic, 21 May 2020
Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
Noun
The hat is said to have been picked up as a war trophy by a Dutch dragoon captain after the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition of European armies defeated the French on June 18, 1815.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 18 June 2018
The two companies of U.S. Army dragoons that arrived eight months before Texas joined the union in 1846 followed Republic of Texas volunteers, the Mexican army and Spaniards who established the city in 1718.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragoon
Verb
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Her story forced the country to confront a flawed legal system and the cultural discomfort with women who challenged it.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Learning to slow down was important because playing and touring almost non-stop for a decade forced us to not do so well at managing our (bodies and lives), which led to us all burning ourselves out.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Dec. 2024
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These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.—
Jake Whitney,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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To compel Brand to return home, the UK government’s Home Office would need to make an extradition request to U.S. authorities.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Overreaching diversity strategies can not only suppress speech, but also compel it.—
Suzanne Nossel,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2025
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She was sentenced in federal court in Boston to four years in prison for charges of coercing people to engage in prostitution and money laundering conspiracy.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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Experts say this is a potentially serious counterintelligence problem that could allow foreign intelligence services to gain insight into a target’s social network or even identify individuals who could be paid or coerced to act against them.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
1 Dec. 2024
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Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2024
Verb
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As a signatory of the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002, Hungary is obliged to arrest Netanyahu.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The 125 states that recognize the ICC -- including France, Germany and the United Kingdom -- are obliged to arrest anyone with an outstanding arrest warrant who enters their territory.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Moscow has been relying on assistance from North Korean soldiers to push back Kyiv’s advances in the Kursk region of Russia, and has been steadily advancing on the ground in eastern Ukraine, while the US attempts to broker talks that would end the conflict.—
Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Officials said the body of the fourth U.S. soldier was found in Lithuania after a search by hundreds of rescue workers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Estonian Armed Forces and other elements of the Lithuanian government and civilian agencies.—
Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2025
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In early 2012 several industry sources told Deadline that Disney was targeting a summer production start date and was in the process of finding an all-star cast of international martial arts sensations to play the team of warriors tasked with protecting the leading lady.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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War movies turn a lot of us into armchair warriors.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Dragoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragoon. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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