conscript
verb (used with object)
to draft for military or naval service.
conscripts
Example Sentences
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The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Around 800 people are in the first batch of conscripts.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
That number almost certainly includes conscripts the military has begun forcibly recruiting to bolster its ranks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 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
