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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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verb

as in to draft
to pick especially for required military service was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18

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Recent Examples of conscript
Noun
The Israeli military has a relatively small active-duty force, comprised mostly of conscripts. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025 What: Complete elimination of Kurdish autonomy, with the SDF dissolved into individual conscripts. Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
Tech firms have long demonstrated a willingness to do what is best for them, not the greater good—and now the AI boom has offered a way to conscript the American project to advance their techno-utopian visions, not the other way around. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025 Originally used to transport onions and other goods, the Medina was conscripted to assist America’s World War II efforts. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conscript
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Noun
  • Federal prosecutors in New York said Maxwell helped Epstein recruit, groom and ultimately abuse girls as young as 14.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Military recruits became a band of brothers at an emotional tap-out ceremony for a grieving soldier.
    Seth Carnell, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He is now being drafted in Round 8.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That group is set to get another boost from the Winter Olympics in February, with McDavid expected to play a major role for Team Canada as NHL players return to the Games for the first time since 2014—the year before McDavid was drafted.
    Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Equestrian Connection, which says it was alerted just hours before the event, managed to quickly enlist two local bands to sub in as the night’s entertainment.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The title subject is a deaf Ukrainian man who wants to enlist in his country’s armed forces in 2022 when Russia launches its full-scale invasion.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscript. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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