conscripted
Example Sentences
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Who would not want to believe that drones and robots can do the job, rather than a member of your own family, roughly conscripted on the streets of your own hometown?
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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
