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
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The Israeli military has a relatively small active-duty force, comprised mostly of conscripts.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The fanciest, most famous restaurants are still doing mostly table service, but just about every other establishment has been conscripted into the army that ferries hot food out of professional kitchens and into American mouths 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The spectacle of the Long Walk is even sadder as a stand-in for capitalist expectations, its conscripts literally marching themselves to death as sacrifices to fading American exceptionalism.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The Israeli military has a relatively small active-duty force, comprised mostly of conscripts.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The fanciest, most famous restaurants are still doing mostly table service, but just about every other establishment has been conscripted into the army that ferries hot food out of professional kitchens and into American mouths 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscript
Noun
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The Hurricanes on Sunday landed another blue-chip recruit for their Class of 2026, receiving an oral commitment from four-star cornerback JJ Dunnigan.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Since the company only recruits from within, the next CEO of P&G is today a brand manager.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The transportation regulations drafted by the Navajo EPA, which are supposed to be reviewed and approved by the Navajo Nation Council, have yet to be released for public comment.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Despite horrendous odds, the Mavs won the lottery, which resulted in drafting Flagg.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Those guys are important Poles draftees.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Few, though, have the social media reach to enlist such powerful helping hands.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscript. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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