indoctrinate

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"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people", says Mr Williams.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

In the film, Gosling’s Ken — Barbie’s anxiety-ridden, try-hard, beta-status boyfriend — is revitalized by the patriarchy of the real world and returns to indoctrinate everyone in Barbieland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Packer added that questions posed revealed a lack of understanding about the topics at hand, such as whether the course would indoctrinate students into “Black Panther thinking.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

Afterward, Bandele, 18, said she doesn’t understand arguments that the course would indoctrinate children.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

I'll bring the play the next time I come, if you will allow me," he said sitting down by her;—"and indoctrinate you in something more interesting than my first lesson.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan