Examples of using Were compelled in English and their translations into French
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Protecting victims from punishment for unlawful activities that they were compelled to commit while in forced labour.
the Senecas were compelled to cede the strategically important Niagara portage to the British.
It was argued that in some cases individuals were compelled to migrate because their human rights were curtailed
Very quickly a number of cities under Yuan's control were compelled to change sides.
The Union cavalry could not dislodge the Confederate troops and were compelled to retire to Dandridge.
private lawyers were compelled to work under the control of the Ministry of Justice
women were compelled to strip in front of their children.
That was it-- after 32 years of marriage, you were compelled to ask for a divorce the night you conceded the nomination?
the rebel movements were compelled to seek a negotiated settlement to the civil war.
He suggested that the State party indicate in its second periodic report any areas in which women were compelled to accept sharia law.
confessed to the murder of Metcalf, and then you were compelled to shoot him in the church.
Some peasant and indigenous families were compelled to grow coca leaf in order to survive.
Nearly 150,000 Armenian inhabitants were compelled to leave all their property at the mercy of enemy fire
Steele's forces were compelled to abandon many more wagons in the swamp north of the Saline River.
the FFI were compelled to retreat due to the Germans' superior numbers.
Players were compelled to pay a match fee of two pence before they could take the field.
The Venetian Ghetto was the area in which Jews were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic.
Drug abusers were compelled to undergo treatment
missions were compelled to provide air transport support to local interlocutors
We were compelled to do so in order to achieve a credible deterrence to guarantee our security.