conscribed

past tense of conscribe
as in drafted
to pick especially for required military service young men worried about whether they would be conscribed to fight in this latest conflict

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  • The only @WoffordBaseball player to ever be drafted by the Yankees.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Springer was a center fielder at the time he was drafted.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • The organizers recruited people for the tasks via the Telegram messaging app and paid them in cryptocurrency, the statement said.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The case, part of an ongoing lawfare effort in which local governments have been recruited to serve as plaintiffs, sought to hold the companies liable for damages the island suffered as a result of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in 2017.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Conscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscribed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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