Conscript - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kənˈskrɪpt|  American pronunciation of the word conscript
Brit.  |kənˈskrɪpt|  British pronunciation of the word conscript

noun

- someone who is drafted into military service (syn: draftee, inductee)

verb

- enroll into service compulsorily
The men were conscripted

Extra examples

...as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts...

The government is conscripting men for the army.

He was conscripted into the army.

Young Frenchmen were conscripted into the army and forced to fight in Algeria.

The men were conscripted

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: conscript
he/she/it: conscripts
present participle: conscripting
past tense: conscripted
past participle: conscripted
noun
singular: conscript
plural: conscripts
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