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
Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 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
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
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 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
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
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscripted
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Two bills discussed in a Minnesota Senate committee on Wednesday were drafted prior to the ruling, which does not immediately strike down Minnesota's law.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The original Model Nonprofit Corporation Act was drafted in 1952 by the ABA as a model act that states could implement to provide uniform governance provisions for nonprofit corporations in contrast to the conflicting statutes that existed at the time.—
Evonne Andris,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dintaman and Nolan then recruited Johnson to pose as the victim in person at the state's Department of Treasury's Unclaimed Property Office to get a second copy of the check.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Hamm talked about playing football in high school and being recruited by three colleges.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Conscripted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscripted. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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