ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw;
drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer;
restrain &c 751.
Adj. compelling &c v.; coercive, coactive † ; inexorable &c 739; compulsory,
compulsatory † ; obligatory, stringent, peremptory.
forcible, not to be trifled with; irresistible &c 601; compelled &c v.; fain to.
Adv. by force &c n., by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis [Lat.], under
the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm.
under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will &c 603; nolens volens &c (of
necessity) 601 [Lat.]; by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of; de
rigueur.
with a gun to one's head.
Phr. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
745. Master -- N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant;
captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar † , sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator;
leader &c (director) 694; boss, cockarouse † , sagamore, werowance † .
lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress.
potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant,
oligarch.
crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator [Lat.], protector,
president, stadholder † , judge.
ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan † , grand Turk, caliph, imaum † , shah, padishah † ,
sophi † , mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno [Jap.], inca, cazique † ;
voivode † ; landamman † ; seyyid † ; Abuna † , cacique † , czarowitz † , grand seignior.
prince, duke &c (nobility) 875; archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland † , margrave;
rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam † , nawab.
empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine † ; czarevna † ,
czarita † ; maharani, rani, rectrix † .
regent, viceroy, exarch † , palatine, khedive, hospodar † , beglerbeg † , three-tailed
bashaw † , pasha, bashaw † , bey, beg, dey † , scherif † , tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar † ,
nabob, maharajah; burgrave † ; laird &c (proprietor) 779; collector, commissioner, deputy
commissioner, woon † .
the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major [Fr.], aga † ,
official, man in office, person in authority; sircar † , sirkar † , Sublime Porte.
[Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal † ; general, generalissimo;
commander in chief, seraskier † , hetman † ; lieutenant general, major general; colonel,
lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second
lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major,
adjutant, jemidar † , ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant
officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal,
acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar † , knight marshal, naik † , pendragon.
[Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate,
syndic; alcalde † , alcaid † ; burgomaster, corregidor † , seneschal, alderman, councilman,
committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve † ; lord mayor; officer &c
(executive) 965; dewan † , fonctionnaire [Fr.].