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conscripted

[kuhn-skrip-tid] / kənˈskrɪp tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
Synonyms
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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
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voluntary
WEAK
noncompulsory spontaneous unforced
ADJECTIVE
initiated
Synonyms
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approved drafted instructed introduced passed received
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accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed grounded inducted installed tutored
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called up instated made a member of made part of

Example Sentences

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Kenya estimates that 252 citizens have been illegally conscripted in Russia, and last week Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi visited Moscow to address the matter.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

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

In the four years that have followed, as the war has ground on and the initial patriotic fervour has died down, thousands more have been conscripted.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

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

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Maybe the female guards had been conscripted from some other unit.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo