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conscripted

[kuhn-skrip-tid] / kənˈskrɪp tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compelled contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling
STRONG
affected begrudging binding bound coerced constrained grudging labored slave
WEAK
artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden
Antonyms
STRONGEST
voluntary
WEAK
noncompulsory spontaneous unforced
ADJECTIVE
initiated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approved drafted instructed introduced passed received
STRONG
accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed grounded inducted installed tutored
WEAK
called up instated made a member of made part of

Example Sentences

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With able-bodied German men conscripted to fight in the war, workers from the lands the Nazis occupied were drafted to meet the labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

During World War Two he was a "Bevin Boy", conscripted to work in the Lanarkshire coal mines.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Murayama was conscripted into the Japanese Imperial Army in 1944 while studying at university.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

"Those who are conscripted, they must tear them away from their mother's breast!" he exclaims.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

“Those outside who are being conscripted, they are God’s children too.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.