Synonyms for conscripted

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : verb kuhn-skript; noun, adjective kon-skript

Phonetic Transcription : verb kənˈskrɪpt; noun, adjective ˈkɒn skrɪpt

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Définition of conscripted

Origin : 1800, perhaps a back-formation (influenced by French adjective conscrit) from conscription.

As in initiated : adj having undergone initiation
As in forced : adj compulsory, strained
As in induct : verb take into an organization
As in commandeer : verb seize, take over
As in draft : verb select for military force
As in enlist : verb sign up for responsibility
As in force : verb obligate to do something

Example sentences :

Men will be conscripted to the extent that it is wise and just and needful.
Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn

So, and no other, should wealth and the country's resources in general be conscripted.
Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn

He was conscripted but sent back because he was the father of six children.
Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman

And work, as these years have taught the observant, is but for slaves and the conscripted.
Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson

But he got conscripted by a bomb that took a corner off the hospital and one off his head.
Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker

I've accepted your resignation, conscripted you again, and reappointed you——!
Extract from : « A Man of the People » by Thomas Dixon

Former laborers had fled or had been conscripted, jailed, or killed.
Extract from : « The Haciendas of Mexico » by Paul Alexander Bartlett

They fired their rifles and pistols; they caroused and conscripted fighters.
Extract from : « The Haciendas of Mexico » by Paul Alexander Bartlett

It has conscripted a portion, a large portion, of the incomes of the Nation.
Extract from : « Right Above Race » by Otto Hermann Kahn

Every atom of personality, mental and physical, is conscripted into the task.
Extract from : « Cavalry of the Clouds » by Alan Bott

Antonyms for conscripted

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