Meanings (ES + gloss)
presionar
Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
The next step was that suggested by Mr. Townsend, of quartering large bodies of troops upon the chief towns in the colonies, and demanding of the several colonial legislatures, a p…
[A]t any rate, he had shown Hardy that he wasn't to be dragooned into doing or not doing any thing.
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