impressment
Example Sentences
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The crew was a combustible mix of regular sailors, marines and impressed crewmen — impressment being a kind of slavery wherein men were kidnapped and forced to serve for an indefinite period.
From Los Angeles Times
Outraged by British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, he banged the drum for war, declaring that “the liberty of our sailors and their redemption from slavery” were at stake.
From New York Times
It’s far worse to compare the Trump administration’s actions to Tuesday’s mostly rosy rhetoric, and to conclude that the impressment of those rituals, those locales, was anything but sincere.
From Los Angeles Times
As the Cold War intensified, church leaders in the east feared impressment into the service of the totalitarian state.
From Washington Post
The European Commission’s impressment of the insurance industry to fund infrastructure sounds like predatory behavior.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
