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
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Russian law prohibits sending conscripts drafted for mandatory service to active combat zones without proper training.
—Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 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 rest are conscripts – sentenced to work for the Chapel of the Holy Expediency for their various crimes.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Russian law prohibits sending conscripts drafted for mandatory service to active combat zones without proper training.
—Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 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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The former four-star recruit from Oregon ranked 23rd nationally in passing efficiency, completing 61.7 percent of his 350 attempts for 2,885 yards, 24 touchdowns and six interceptions.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Junior Dijon Johnson is a former top-100 recruit who changed his commitment from Ohio State.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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