pakkokeino

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (legal) coercion actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person
  • In plural (pakkokeinot), compulsion lawful use of violence

Etymology

Compound from Finnish pakko (forced, stump, compulsion, block of rotten wood, coercion) + Finnish keino (artificial, means, way, man-made).

Origin

Finnish

keino

Gloss

artificial, means, way, man-made

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