pressure tactics
Arm-twisting methods
Pressure tactics are methods used to coerce or manipulate someone into a decision, often by creating urgency, fear, or discomfort.
Salespeople employ pressure tactics when they insist an offer expires immediately.
The term usually carries negative connotations—implying the target is being pushed rather than persuaded: The dealership's pressure tactics made her walk out.
- ultimatumsFinal non-negotiable demands
- take it or leave itNon-negotiable final offer
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
emotional blackmail · threats · arm twisting · deadlines · gaslighting · guilt-tripping · put the screws on · lowballing · brinkmanship · nuclear option · mob mentality · manipulation · good cop bad cop · fearmongering · hardball · playing hardball · shaming · anchoring
- checkerschecker, jump, capture, kinging, double jump
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- Negotiation Termsdeadlock, bargaining, negotiation, stalemate, compromise
- sales tacticsupselling, cross-selling, hard sell, soft sell, closing techniques
- aggressive tacticsblitz, blitzkrieg, frontal assault, offensive, attack mode
- extortionextort, shakedown, shake down, blackmail letter, ransom