coincer

Thucydide coinça les Grecs.
Thucydides cornered the Greeks.
Trois fois elle coinça la créature au milieu des rochers et trois fois elle bondit mais seulement pour voir son ombre s'estomper et se précipiter encore plus loin dans les bois.
Three times she cornered the creature among the rocks and trees, and three times she pounced only to witness its fading shadow darting further into the woods.
Ton pied ne s'est pas coincé dans les rails, n'est-ce pas ?
Your foot didn't get caught on the tracks, did it?
Ils sont coincés.
They can't go too far.
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