conscripted; conscripting; conscripts transitive verb : to enroll into service by compulsion : draft was conscripted into the army

From early 1942 unmarried women age 20–30 were conscripted (unmarried women who had dependent children aged 14 or younger, including those who had illegitimate children or were widows with …

Until National Service came to an end in about 1960, some of those who refused to be conscripted were sent to prison. The boys I met there, some as young as 6, had been conscripted - kidnapped is the …

CONSCRIPTED definition: drafted for military or naval service. See examples of conscripted used in a sentence.

conscripted (kənˈskrɪptɪd) adj enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service

conscripted, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The government is conscripting men for the army. He was conscripted into the army.

Definition of 'conscripted' conscripted in British English (kənˈskrɪptɪd ) adjective enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service

Definition of conscript verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

con•script /v. kənˈskrɪpt; n., adj. ˈkɑnskrɪpt/ v. [~ + object] to call (someone) by law to enter military service: The Army conscripted thousands from that city. n. [countable] a person called this way; …