conscripted

past tense of conscript
as in drafted
to pick especially for required military service was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18

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Recent Examples of conscripted As things are though, Digger isn’t a successful enough movie to perform the job it’s been conscripted into. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Stephen Schwartz, another alumnus of Carnegie Mellon, was conscripted to write a new set of songs. — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 The rare, firsthand accounts show the perils faced by tens of thousands of children believed to have been conscripted into the war by all sides. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 After Taylor left the band in 1974, the Stones conscripted Ron Wood, formerly of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026 And a reverse centaur is someone who is conscripted to help the machine. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 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 Burkina Faso’s military junta later said he had been conscripted into military service. — ABC News, 6 May 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscripted
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  • With eight rebounds on Monday, Adebayo is now up 5,785 rebounds since being drafted by the Heat in 2017.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Muhammad Ali returns to the ring after a 2 1/2-year layoff due to his refusal to be drafted into the United States Army.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Republicans argue the second Sullivan was recruited into the race to sow confusion, an allegation substantiated on Wednesday by a bombshell New York Times report.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Conscripted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscripted. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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