conscript
verb (used with object)
to draft for military or naval service.
have conscripted
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present perfectof conscript.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A recruiting officer might have "conscripted" nearly a brigade of the swaggering blusterers.
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by John Wilkinson
