conscript

He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Initially, men had to have at least three months of conscript service under their belts before signing a contract.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025

They also park their classic Jeep Wagoneer to conscript Wiig, via FaceTime, to write a “tear-to-your-eye, fun, uptempo, jazzy with a little country” theme song for their journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

Azareen, fierce and stoic as she was, had one of the prettiest tattoos Sarai had seen—done by Guldan, of course, who was now a conscript in Minya’s wretched army.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

They serve in a unique militia system in which army conscripts do at least four months' service before being called up repeatedly over a decade for weeks-long refresher sessions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

By comparison, Norway conscripts both men and women, generally for 12 months.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Here, the Russian conscripts are either mean but brave or they just have rotten luck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

The Mexica were subordinated by a nearby city-state on the shore, and the tlatoani was forced to send Mexica men as conscripts for its wars.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Then I heard they're not just present but one of the playable protagonists? And not even special forces, handled from the perspective of an ordinary conscripted soldier, that's what gets me."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The foreign ministry estimates that 252 Kenyans have been illegally conscripted to fight on the front line - a trend that began about six months ago and has also involved recruits from other African countries.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

It’s a more straightforward presentation that keeps audience members in their seats, except for a moment when uprising is in the air and a few theatergoers are conscripted to join the ecstatic rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

After Prince Sihanouk’s government fell in 1970, he was conscripted into the new government of Lon Nol.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Temporary arrangements to continue it were formally ended by the court last year, forcing the government to begin conscripting the community.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

On November 19, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government was required to present an effective proposal for conscripting the ultra-Orthodox.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

He did so in the full knowledge that he was essentially deputizing furious parents to follow only the kinds of laws they liked and conscripting their kids into participating.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2022

Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.

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