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Verb
/kənˈskript/,
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conscripted, past participle; conscripts, 3rd person singular present; conscripting, present participle; conscripted, past tense;
  1. Enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services
    • - they were conscripted into the army
Noun
  1. A person enlisted compulsorily

  1. draftee: someone who is drafted into military service
  2. enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"
  3. (conscription) compulsory military service
  4. The Conscript (De loteling) is a 1974 Belgian drama film directed by Roland Verhavert. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
  5. (The Conscripts) Enrôlés de Force (Zwangsrekrutéierten, Zwangsrekruten) was a Luxembourgian single-issue political party and pressure group. ...
  6. (conscription) involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
  7. (Conscripted) Forcing individuals to enroll for service in the armed forces.
  8. (conscription) Both the Confederates (in 1862) and the Union (in 1863) raised manpower during the Civil War by military draft, or conscription. This coercive measure was resented in both the North and the South and was the cause of a riot in New York City. ...
  9. (Conscription) Free men fighting against their will.
  10. A draftee.  The military draft became a necessity on both sides of the conflict.  While many conscripts were excellent soldiers, veterans often considered draftees to be inferior, unreliable soldiers.  Towns often posted pleas for volunteers in order to "avoid the draft".  See image»
  11. The fake TV show script was meant to fool people, so it was called the conscript.
  12. (v) to select or enroll by compulsion, esp. for military service
  13. (Le Réquisitionnaire, 1831)