con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript 
1
: enrolled into service by compulsion : drafted
2
: made up of conscripted persons
con·script
kən-ˈskript
conscripted; conscripting; conscripts
: to enroll into service by compulsion : draft
was conscripted into the army
Examples of conscript in a Sentence
Noun
as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts
Verb
The government is conscripting men for the army.
He was conscripted into the army.
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Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
And the erotic aspects of the ass, too, could swell their ranks with new conscripts, new stories, new vibrations and vulnerabilities.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Isabelle De Pommereau, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2025
Taipei’s conscript system, like South Korea’s, is under pressure, with social contract cracks and skills matrices not always matching operational need.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The patriarch, Boon Kiat (Andi Lim), runs a noodle stand while his son (Koh Jia Ler) is conscripted, so young, into the army — until a major life twist brings him back to the homestead, and with a new stepmother at the helm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
And the erotic aspects of the ass, too, could swell their ranks with new conscripts, new stories, new vibrations and vulnerabilities.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
With only 7,000 professional soldiers in a country of 1.3 million, Estonia depends on its reserve force – not only its tens of thousands of conscript soldiers but also its 18,000 Kaitseliit members, and 11,000 affiliates from women’s, youth, and cyber units.
—Isabelle De Pommereau, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2025
Taipei’s conscript system, like South Korea’s, is under pressure, with social contract cracks and skills matrices not always matching operational need.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The patriarch, Boon Kiat (Andi Lim), runs a noodle stand while his son (Koh Jia Ler) is conscripted, so young, into the army — until a major life twist brings him back to the homestead, and with a new stepmother at the helm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscript. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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conscript
1 of 3 adjective
con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript
1
: enrolled into service by force
2
: made up of conscripted persons
conscript
2 of 3 verb
con·script
kən-ˈskript
: to enroll into service by force : draft
was conscripted into the army
conscription
noun
kən-ˈskrip-shən
conscript
3 of 3 noun
con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript
: a conscripted person (as a military recruit)
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