brainwash

Universal Words verb ~ sb (into doing sth) to force sb to accept your ideas or beliefs, for example by repeating the same thing many times or by preventing the person from thinking clearly: [VN] The group is accused of brainwashing its young members. * Women have been brainwashed into thinking that they must go out to work in order to fulfil themselves. [also VN, VNtoinf] brainwashing noun [U]: the victims of brainwashing and torture