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Undue influence is any act of persuasion that overcomes the free will and judgment of another person. People are unduly influenced by urgent warnings, flattery, trickery, coercion and deception. In a court of law, it is a legal term that involves one person taking advantage of their position of power over another person.

In a Maslow-like hierarchy of serious threats to a free society and happy families, undue influence goes under the radar for most people. That reality is a sad shame, because in the manipulative hands of charismatic cult leaders, highly controlling religious groups like Jehovah’s Witnesses, human traffickers, multi-level marketers and some political action groups, undue influence is a significant problem in today’s world.

[“Undue Influence” defined.]

When “undue influence” is used to cheat people out of their inheritance or property, deceive them into thinking that extreme shunning of close family members is a loving act, encourage them to break the law, threaten them with shunning if they report child molestation or domestic violence to the police, become involved in shady deals or coerce them into letting their children die because it is God’s will, these kinds of influence destroy lives, break up families and threaten basic human rights – especially for women and children. Even worse, it contributes billions of dollars to people and groups who create no value for society.