Dra‐goon″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dragooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dragooning.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. Price.
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay.