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
Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Kovalenko, who writes the Ukraine Decoded substack newsletter, told Newsweek that mid-level commanders were responsible for discipline in their units and should be held accountable for violations of the law, but the real issue remains the low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
New Line conscripted the aging, legendary director John Frankenheimer to wrangle all of it in the dense jungle of Far North Queensland when the original director Richard Stanley was fired after just a few days of filming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The average Russian soldier’s salary is now close to $2,000 a month, twice the national average and four times the overall average in the dozens of regions that have contributed the most conscripts.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Kovalenko, who writes the Ukraine Decoded substack newsletter, told Newsweek that mid-level commanders were responsible for discipline in their units and should be held accountable for violations of the law, but the real issue remains the low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
Roitfeld conscripted movement director Eric Christison so each can play a different character.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
New Line conscripted the aging, legendary director John Frankenheimer to wrangle all of it in the dense jungle of Far North Queensland when the original director Richard Stanley was fired after just a few days of filming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscript
Noun
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Blanchett’s attention then returns to her recruit, who insists on going another round.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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Eastern Michigan football recruit Elijah Berman was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a semitruck Tuesday evening, according to officials.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The spending plan Vought’s office drafted for Trump would further reduce federal support for clean water, air and energy programs gutted last week by congressional Republicans.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Whitmore went on to play one season at Villanova, averaging 12.5 points per game before being drafted after his freshman season.—
Tim Reynolds,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
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Jin was the first to enlist in December 2022 and the first to be discharged last June.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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Collaborative decks, like the Slow Holler tarot, enlist dozens of artists from varied regional and marginalized identities to put their own spin on iconic images.—
John Last,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscript. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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