draft dodger
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Arnold Hudson said that as a black man from South Los Angeles, he saw no future as a convicted draft dodger.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2018
The term "draft dodger" lingers, but it became popular during WW II when there were, literally, able bodied men who hid out.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2017
But having left without doing mandatory military service, he looked to German authorities like a draft dodger and faced threats of deportation, said Paul, the historian.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2016
In 2013, he wrote on his blog that had begun his life as “a draft dodger and anti-war activist” while his classmates “walked off that stage and stepped directly into the Vietnam War.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2016
After calling in sick, he hopped into his newly purchased car and drove off to meet his friend Bill Wernecke, a fervent Nazi supporter and an expert draft dodger.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
