as in recruit
a person forced or required to enroll in military service
as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts
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Recent Examples of conscript
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Rehabs throughout South Africa are full of white ex-conscripts.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Noun
In fact, in many cases, Russian forces appear to be using conscripts as live test subjects for experimental systems such as this new suit.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Rehabs throughout South Africa are full of white ex-conscripts.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war.
—Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscript
Noun
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In a Vanity Fair interview, Kiffin tried explaining why LSU is easier to recruit to than Ole Miss, essentially saying some Black recruits and their families didn’t want to play in Oxford because of the school’s racial history.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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As the top driver at his regional French shipping company, Étienne always delivers on schedule and serves as a role model for new recruits, including the unruly if endearing Jordan (Armindo Alves de Sa), who’s only starting to learn the ropes.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Websites offer draft simulators that let users draft against a league of computerized opponents.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified 11 years after Dred Scott, was drafted to repudiate that decision and to prevent the creation of a hereditary class of noncitizens within the United States.—
Jeff Ballou,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Her gray scarf coat worn over pleated white layers combined military and school uniforms, paying homage to young draftees in the Russian army.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Throw that together with the Broncos’ fourth-round draftee Kage Casey, and there’s potential here.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
Verb
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On top of adding Toph to their ranks, Aang and his gang will also be working to enlist more allies in the war being waged by the Fire Nation.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscript. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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