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conscripted

[kuhn-skrip-tid] / kənˈskrɪp tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compelled contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling
STRONG
affected begrudging binding bound coerced constrained grudging labored slave
WEAK
artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden
Antonyms
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voluntary
WEAK
noncompulsory spontaneous unforced
ADJECTIVE
initiated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approved drafted instructed introduced passed received
STRONG
accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed grounded inducted installed tutored
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called up instated made a member of made part of

Example Sentences

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Kenya estimates that 252 citizens have been illegally conscripted in Russia, and last week Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi visited Moscow to address the matter.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Under Kenya's laws it is illegal for the country's citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies - an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

With able-bodied German men conscripted to fight in the war, workers from the lands the Nazis occupied were drafted to meet the labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

It’s a more straightforward presentation that keeps audience members in their seats, except for a moment when uprising is in the air and a few theatergoers are conscripted to join the ecstatic rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

After Prince Sihanouk’s government fell in 1970, he was conscripted into the new government of Lon Nol.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung