bullying

Definition

An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

Etymology

From bully + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice.""
• "Bullying is a punishable offense in schools."