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conscript

[kuhn-skript, kon-skript] / kənˈskrɪpt, ˈkɒn skrɪpt /
NOUN
recruit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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His manifestos mix smart political satire with comedic promises to cap croissant prices, improve WiFi on UK trains and conscript people using speakerphones on public transport.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

Another conscript was Hussain, from Ohn Taw Gyi camp, which is also near Sittwe.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

He had not handled a gun since he was a teenage conscript in Hitler’s Wehrmacht at the end of World War II.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

“I told him you are my brother. He said he will make sure nobody comes here to conscript you.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The conscripts then do up to 15 months compulsory training before going back into civilian life, in employment or higher education.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

They serve in a unique militia system in which army conscripts do at least four months' service before being called up repeatedly over a decade for weeks-long refresher sessions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

The conductor was Kurt Masur, a German who had been conscripted by the Nazis as a teenager.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

In the four years that have followed, as the war has ground on and the initial patriotic fervour has died down, thousands more have been conscripted.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

“We just received some bad news. The emperor has conscripted the men of a village north of here and we”—the king hesitated and glanced around warily—“and we...have friends there.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Temporary arrangements to continue it were formally ended by the court last year, forcing the government to begin conscripting the community.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

On November 19, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government was required to present an effective proposal for conscripting the ultra-Orthodox.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

Rather than conscripting auteurs and grinding them up, why not bring in a hack?

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023

Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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