Conscript definition

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conscripted conscripting conscripts
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To conscript is to forcibly enlist someone into the military or government service.

When there is a draft and a man is required to join the army, this is an example of a situation where the army decides to conscript him.

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One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee.
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To enroll compulsorily into service; draft.
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To enroll for compulsory service in the armed forces; draft.
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To force (labor, capital, etc.) into service for the government.
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Enrolled compulsorily; drafted.
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Conscripted.
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A conscripted person; draftee.
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One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

The soldier was a conscript.

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Enrolled; written; registered.
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To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
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Noun

Singular:
conscript
Plural:
conscripts

Origin of conscript

  • Latin cōnscrīptus past participle of cōnscrībere to enroll com- com- scrībere to write skrībh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).

    From Wiktionary

Conscript Sentence Examples

  • Having entered the army as a conscript he was made an officer by Said Pasha in 1862, and was employed in the transport department in the Abyssinian campaign of 1875 under Ismail Pasha.

  • The conscripts were formerly trained for 90 days, but according to the law of 1901, the conscript is bound to serve in time of peace - in the infantry, position artillery, fortress artillery, fortress engineers, and the army service corps a total of 240 days; and in the cavalry, field artillery, field engineers, and field telegraph corps a total of 365 days.

  • He is a Russian conscript who was shot in the chin during the battle in Grozny.

  • The object of her navy is therefore necessarily defensive, unless it act in co-operation with a foreign conscript army.

  • He served as a conscript in one of Constantine's campaigns, and on his return became a Christian (314); he at once went to live an eremitical life near Dendera by the Nile, putting himself under the guidance of an aged hermit.

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