From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconscriptcons‧cript1 /kənˈskrɪpt/ verb [transitive] 1 PMto make someone join the army, navy etc SYN draft American Englishconscript somebody into something Young Frenchmen were conscripted into the army and forced to fight in Algeria.2 JOIN AN ORGANIZATIONto make someone become a member of a group or take part in a particular activity SYN recruit→ See Verb table
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conscript• Such were the men Lincoln and Stanton were proposing to conscript.• To conscript more victims, you need a proper network.• Governor Davis wanted to conscript parents as homework helpers.conscriptcon‧script2 /ˈkɒnskrɪpt $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable] PMsomeone who has been made to join the army, navy etc SYN draftee American English a young army conscriptExamples from the Corpus
conscript• I have an introduction to L, an army conscript.• A nationwide census, carried out every three years, was used to draft conscripts.• Some have conscript armies, others do not.• She could do without large conscript armies to defend land frontiers and needed long-service troops who could be employed overseas for long periods.• Many conscripts - they make up 65 percent of the armed forces - receive only the most basic training.• The average number of conscripts in training has fallen from 80,000 to about 15,000.• Professional and motivated as officers and commanders of the national armed forces might be, what of conscripts?• The army had to put down, with much bloodshed, bread riots in 1977 and protests by police conscripts in 1985.Origin conscript1 (1800-1900) Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere “to make a member of something”, from com- ( → COM-) + scribere “to write” conscript2 (1800-1900) French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus; → CONSCRIPT1 