Synonyms of conscripted

conscripted

verb

past tense of conscript

as in drafted

to pick especially for required military service

was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drafted
• recruited
• enlisted
• levied
• conscribed
• enrolled
• volunteered
• impressed
• pressed
• called up
• signed up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• mustered out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conscripted

Maybe drafted is more like it, as when he was conscripted to have a blue clay face mask applied. — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026

And a reverse centaur is someone who is conscripted to help the machine. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026

Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war. — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026

Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

Burkina Faso’s military junta later said he had been conscripted into military service. — ABC News, 6 May 2026

Little John, who Robin must have conscripted as a child soldier back in the day (a team-up that Robin eventually paints in a very different light), asks his old pal to kill the people who abducted his wife. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 June 2026

As part of the Catholic peace movement, some of them were experienced in breaking into draft boards and stealing Selective Service records of poor men in an attempt to prevent them from being conscripted. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026

The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026