conscript
Example Sentences
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As a former career waiter, I say without hesitation that I would not want to go to war with a battalion of conscripted foodies.
He said that as a young teenager he was conscripted by his uncle into the Afghan national army, but was captured by the Taliban after they took control.
From BBC
That number almost certainly includes conscripts the military has begun forcibly recruiting to bolster its ranks.
From Barron's
Both reluctant conscripts and regime loyalists were no longer prepared to fight and die for a corrupt and cruel regime that repaid them with poverty and oppression.
From BBC
Other Nato members do not conscript but have professional militaries.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
