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Pressure damaged core coin (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coercion

'pressure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'damaged core coin' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'core'+'coin'='corecoin'
'corecoin' with letters rearranged gives 'COERCION'.

(Other definitions for coercion that I've seen before include "The act of persuasion with the threat of force" , "Duress - compulsion" , "Use of force or intimidation" , "Forceful persuasion" , "Force majeure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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