conscription
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Jews came to America in large numbers in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries, fleeing czarist restrictions on their freedom and a 25-year conscription in the Russian army.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
There was an official from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, and several young men avoiding forced conscription into the army.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In February 2024, the military activated conscription legislation, aiming to bolster its ranks by forcibly recruiting 50,000 citizens.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The anti-apartheid campaigner came to the UK in the 1980s to avoid conscription to the "apartheid army" where he became part of the "anarchist squatting scene".
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
On one page she saw a list of headings: exchange controls, rationing, the mass evacuation of large towns, the conscription of labor.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing conscription
The American Civil War
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World War I
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