transitive verb
Definition 1
Use violence to (achieve, obtain, have one's way with thing, person, etc.)
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: They pulled out drawers and boxes, searching for money, and also forced the safe open and took all the cash.
Source: allafrica.com (23/09/2008)
Definition 2
Constrain, compel, oblige (person to do or not do thing).
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: His [David Cameron's] failure to secure a Commons majority forced him to pursue a "proper and full coalition" with Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats.
Source: Financial Times 11/05/2010 (George Parker, James Boxell and Kiran Stacey)
Definition 3
Rape, ravish.
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: Even if the court finds it highly likely that the victim was forced, this is not enough to secure a conviction.
Source: dixi.no