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Synonyms of impressment
as in seizure, shanghaiing
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for impressment
- abduction,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking),
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- rape,
- snatch
- [slang]
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The first known use of impressment was in 1787
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