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conscript

noun as in recruit

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The Uzbek despot distinguished himself by “boiling his enemies, slaughtering his poverty-stricken people when they protest, and conscripting armies of children for slave labour,” according to The Guardian.

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"Those who are conscripted, they must tear them away from their mother's breast!" he exclaims.

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It’s an ingeniously choreographed slapstick routine, but the bit is even funnier after Francis conscripts a plant in the audience to assist him in hoarding food.

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The military's demand for conscripts to fight against the Arakan Army has imposed an additional burden.

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Harbaugh, a junior high coach, was conscripted to work with the varsity team, and sometimes that was little more than babysitting.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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