Severe punishments used to get testimony from suspects

threaten

using one's wealth and power to threaten, oppress others

compel

a situation with very rapid development, leaveing one with no choice but to work harder as a result; the pressure is mounting; a pressing situation

crowded

closely follow

be forced

force

force to live somewhere

to force (something) on someone; to obtrude; to coerce; to compel

extort a confession

confession obtained under duress

brake

force a draw

persecute

to squeeze oneself into a croweded bus; to suffer in the crowded bus

cramped [colloquial]

force to death

cramped

lifelike

to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]

approaches

force