act on vs dragoon

act on

verb
  • To take action against something. 

  • To affect something. 

  • To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced. 

  • Το act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse. 

dragoon

verb
  • To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce. 

  • To surrender (a person) to the fury of soldiers. 

noun
  • A variety of pigeon. 

  • A carrier of a dragon musket. 

  • A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted. 

How often have the words act on and dragoon occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )