forcible

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Noriega also argued his forcible military abduction violated international law and the Panamanian government’s sovereignty, thereby depriving courts of jurisdiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

The family's lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, called Mr Garica's deportation "the equivalent of a forcible expulsion".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Since 2014, Oakland has barred officers from pursuing suspects who are not armed with a gun or involved in a forcible or violent crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Judge John Kane in Pennsylvania condemned as insurrectionists those who “counsel and instigate others to acts of forcible oppugnation to the provisions of a statute.”

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2024

The forcible recalling was simply an unpleasant memory.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck