During more than four hours of testimony, the 44-year-old witness also said that when persuasion did not work, the Gambinos employed threats of violence.

Knowing Bonaparte's distrustful disposition, I thought he must have suspected that Jerome had employed threats, or at any rate, that he had used some illegal influence to facilitate the success of his loan.

ICE also investigates employers who employ force, threats or coercion (for example, threatening to have employees deported) in order to keep the unauthorized alien workers from reporting substandard wage or working conditions.

One answer which he made to a threat of crucifixion which Lysimachus had used, was celebrated by many ancient writers (Cicero, Seneca, etc.): "Employ such threats to those courtiers of yours; for it matters not to Theodorus whether he rots on the ground or in the air."

For brokers who did not cooperate in the scheme, Coppa employed threats and physical violence.

Some assailants employed threats of physical violence.

These organized groups quickly learned that they could force royal officials to resign by employing violent measures and threats.

People who have been interviewed by Mr. Shawkat, a euphemism for mild interrogation and intimidation, describe a man who is in many ways typical of those in his line of work, employing promises and threats - offering government jobs or cash rewards for compliance, or harsh treatment for resistance.

The priests employed dramatic commands, threats, and rituals to both direct and encourage the nuns in their accusations against Grandier.