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
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.
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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
Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.
—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
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
Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscripted
Verb
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Many of his teammates, in fact, rib him about being drafted in 2016, when many of them were in middle school, or younger.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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The Royals drafted Sweeney in 1991.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Two men were convicted Monday, and the BBC’s investigation found evidence that a young Russian diplomat had recruited the pair.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
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The psychologist’s adult nephew has been recruited by an environmentalist who believes that the psychologist’s case files hold the key to saving the forest.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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