The word corral is used extensively in our language to refer to various situations.
Persecution that is exercised against an animal or person to some place from which it cannot escape
One of the most used references says that cornering is that action that implies the pursuit of a person or an animal to a place from which it cannot escape, usually due to the physical conditions of the same that precisely will not allow it to escape. Dead ends, and any other space that does not have an exit, are places that make it easy to corner someone.
The main reason why this action is carried out is to prevent the exit of a person or an animal, as appropriate.
In the case of animals, they are cornered so that they cannot escape and thus lose them, and people are cornered for various purposes, to intimidate them, to cause them some harm or to retain them against their will .
Placing someone in a no-go situation for some benefit
On the other hand, the term is used to indicate that action of putting someone in a dead-end situation and that they have no other chance but to accept and agree to what is asked of them. So this behavior is mostly used when you want to achieve something from someone that would otherwise be impossible.
In other words, in this case, unlike the one previously stated, the cornering is not physical.
“I told him that I was not going to pay the rent but he would fix the gas supply problem and then the owner, cornered, had no chance but to agree to carry out the arrangement.
Leave someone confused through a strategy
The other use is also attributed to the word is to let someone through the implementation practice various strategies, confused and without any response. This action is normally carried out by prosecutors or by security forces personnel when they want a suspect or an accused to step on and finally confess to being the perpetrator of the crime or illicit that is imputed to him.
We must emphasize that threatening, intimidating and fencing are the most popular synonyms of this concept. And the other side is liberation.