conscript
verb (used with object)
to draft for military or naval service.
had conscripted
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past perfectof conscript.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They had conscripted German women for work gangs.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new thing had entered U. S. life: although the U. S. had conscripted its citizens in two wars, never before had it conscripted them in peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the half-made parade ground at the foot of the hill of Kawa Kendi, half a company of Wongolo whom zu Pfeiffer had conscripted from the chiefs, stumbled and ran in awkward squads.
From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle
The Ontario farmer made no distinction between the Unionist Government that had conscripted the farmer, and the Ontario Conservative Government which supported Ottawa.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Augustus Bridle
