conscript
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He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 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
Dr Louré's recruitment into the VDP came last September, about five months after the junta passed a decree, giving it sweeping powers to conscript anyone above the age of 18 to fight the jihadists.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 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
Vocabulary lists containing conscript
The American Civil War
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Ender's Game
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