conscript
verb (used with object)
to draft for military or naval service.
conscripts
Example Sentences
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We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
They serve in a unique militia system in which army conscripts do at least four months' service before being called up repeatedly over a decade for weeks-long refresher sessions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Around 800 people are in the first batch of conscripts.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Bern estimated it would double the cost of Switzerland's current militia system, which sees army conscripts do at least four months' service before being called up repeatedly over a decade for weeks-long refresher sessions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
