conscripted

[kuhn-skrip-tid]

adjective

1. drafted for military or naval service.

   There was some discussion about which was better, an all-volunteer army or a conscripted army.

2. pressed or compelled into service.

   Finally, I wish to acknowledge the hurriedly conscripted actors who worked hard under time pressure to make the play a success.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of conscript.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conscripted¹

First recorded in 1800–10; conscript ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; conscript ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Others took the opposite path and joined or were conscripted into Islamic State.

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"Those who are conscripted, they must tear them away from their mother's breast!" he exclaims.

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Harbaugh, a junior high coach, was conscripted to work with the varsity team, and sometimes that was little more than babysitting.

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The death of a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian in Ukraine, weeks after he was conscripted into the Ukrainian army, has provoked a furious row between the Hungarian government and authorities in Kyiv.

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But experts say many of these volunteers are conscripted by force.

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