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The Englandspiel is perhaps the most notorious case of a duress code being ignored, where captured Dutch SOE agent Huub Lauwers sent messages with deliberate errors to indicate that he had been turned but the missing security checks were ignored and the Germans were able to thoroughly compromise the SOE's operations in Holland, killing 50 out ...
In jurisprudence, duress or coercion refers to a situation whereby a person performs an act as a result of violence, threat, or other pressure against the person. Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed.) defines duress as "any unlawful threat or coercion used... to induce another to act [or not act] in a manner [they] otherwise would not [or would]".
According to UNESCO, forced displacement is "the forced movement of people from their locality or environment and occupational activities," with its leading cause being armed conflict. [ 10 ] According to researcher Alden Speare, even movement under immediate threat to life contains a voluntary element as long as an option exists going into ...
Forced ingestion of water, food, or other substances, or injections are also used as torture. [164] Electric shocks are often used to torture, especially to avoid other methods that are more likely to leave scars. [165] Asphyxiation, of which waterboarding is a form, inflicts torture on the victim by cutting off their air supply. [162]
Hazing of a French military pilot at 1,000 hours flight time. Hazing (), initiation, [1] beasting [2] (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging (South Asian English) or deposition refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person's willingness to participate.
Would it be a form of involuntary servitude if the worker were forced by the courts to fulfill the contractual duties? [12] Müller and Schmitz (2021) have shown that from an economic efficiency point-of-view, in a static setting it can indeed be desirable to restrict the freedom of contract by making the right to quit inalienable.
The word comes from German Zug 'move' + Zwang 'compulsion', so that Zugzwang means 'being forced to make a move'. Originally the term was used interchangeably with the term Zugpflicht 'obligation to make a move' as a general game rule.
One form of sexual roleplaying is the rape fantasy, also called ravishment or forced sex roleplay. [13] In BDSM circles (and occasionally outside these circles as well), some people choose to roleplay rape scenes—with communication, consent and safety being especially crucial elements.