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conscripted

[ kuhn-skrip-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

drafted for military or naval service:
There was some discussion about which was better, an all-volunteer army or a conscripted army.
pressed or compelled into service:
Finally, I wish to acknowledge the hurriedly conscripted actors who worked hard under time pressure to make the play a success.

First recorded in 1800–10; conscript ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; conscript ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

In his youth, Dovlatov was conscripted to guard one, satisfying the requirement for military service.

He was stopped while trying to return to the U.S. and conscripted.

In the years 1914-18, women flooded into the workplace to take on the toil of men conscripted to fight.

Conscripted to serve, these people are separated from their children only to mother others.

I began thinking about refusing to [be] conscripted into the Israeli Army during the “Cast Lead” operation in 2008.

In two or three hours he came for my decision, and I told him that I had concluded to wait until I was conscripted.

Former laborers had fled or had been conscripted, jailed, or killed.

They fired their rifles and pistols; they caroused and conscripted fighters.

Often a man when conscripted would have sufficient influence to be at once detailed, and would never join his company.

Though "conscripted," as it were, and rather a passive agent, I could see no wrong in the proceeding.

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