as in recruit
a person forced or required to enroll in military service
as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts
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Recent Examples of conscript
The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Russian conscripts called up for military service sit in a bus before their departure for garrisons, in Bataysk in the Rostov region, Russia November 16, 2024.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The new leaders of Syria have also declared an amnesty for all soldiers who were conscripted into the Assad military.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In the end, too many Syrians were disgusted by his dictatorship, and the conscripts in Assad's army weren't prepared to die for it.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Russian conscripts called up for military service sit in a bus before their departure for garrisons, in Bataysk in the Rostov region, Russia November 16, 2024.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
Implied in that statement was the fact that while his brother Ido was being conscripted, Oded himself wasn’t.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
The new leaders of Syria have also declared an amnesty for all soldiers who were conscripted into the Assad military.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Precise figures are difficult to verify, but it’s estimated that the Israeli Army has more than four thousand soldiers of French nationality, the second-largest contingent of foreign recruits.Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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McCain emerged as a consensus five-star recruit out of Centennial High School in Corona, California.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The duo fumigated One Bills Drive, meticulously incorporating their holistic vision for a winning organization, revamping the Whaley-Ryan roster, and in 2018 trading up to draft Allen seventh.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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According to Howard, comparisons of the two, due to similarities such as he and Shaq both being drafted No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic and playing the center position, led Shaq to become resentful of him.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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And yet, the company has never enlisted a traditional ad agency, says Lee, choosing to stay with in-house personnel.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Make a list of these communications, then enlist the help of an AI tool like ChatGPT to create templates for each.Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscript. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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