Anusim

Anusim (Hebrew: אֲנוּסִים, ; singular male, Anús, Hebrew: אָנוּס‎ ; singular female, Anusáh, Hebrew: אָנוּסה‎, meaning "Coerced") is a legal category of Jews in halakha (Jewish law) who were forced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically while forcibly converted to another religion. The term "anusim" itself is most properly translated as the "coerced " or the "forced ".