draftee

as in conscript
a person forced or required to enroll in military service the massive mobilization required draftees to be rushed through training

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Noun
  • What: Complete elimination of Kurdish autonomy, with the SDF dissolved into individual conscripts.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • The bombs did not distinguish between evil magistrates and political prisoners, or the 18- to 20-year-old conscripts tasked with escorting them.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
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  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) no longer requires new recruits to take a five-week Spanish-language training program, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The North is facing its own population woes and birth rate decline – and its technology lags far behind the South, which is now hoping to plug the shortfall in military recruits through innovation.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Draftee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draftee. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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