CONSCRIPTED Definition & Meaning

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conscripted

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adjective

drafted for military or naval service:
There was some discussion about which was better, an all-volunteer army or a conscripted army.
pressed or compelled into service:
Finally, I wish to acknowledge the hurriedly conscripted actors who worked hard under time pressure to make the play a success.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of conscript.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of conscripted¹

First recorded in 1800–10; conscript ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; conscript ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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Jim left the town a few years later and never returned after getting conscripted and meeting his wife, Iris Gibbs, while in an army camp in Essex.

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Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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In a statement Monday, Hayat Tahrir al Sham announced “a general amnesty for all military personnel conscripted under compulsory service,” adding that “their lives are safe” and proscribing any revenge assaults.

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"My friends and I don’t know if schools will be open tomorrow, how the falling value of the won and rising exchange rates will affect the economy, and if young men might be conscripted."

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The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war.

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