as in drafted
to pick especially for required military service
was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18
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Recent Examples of conscripted
For the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996, Vuitton conscripted designers including Helmut Lang, Romeo Gigli, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa and Sybilla to design bags or travel pieces.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Jan. 2026
Many Iranians, including those sympathetic to Palestinian rights, resent being conscripted into conflicts that are not their own.
—Kamran Talattof, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Gottlieb also remembered watching his dad being taken away in a black bus, conscripted by the Russian military to fight the Germans near the end of the war.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Her investigation considers the history of several doomed innocents, beginning with Lana Clarkson, a B-movie queen who was brutally murdered and subsequently conscripted to the annals of true crime.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Immigration lawyers have raised concerns that those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 18 Nov. 2025
Top of mind for Elphaba is freeing the Animals, who have been conscripted into terrible slavery, mostly because the Wizard keenly understands that to keep people together, a common enemy (real or imagined) is the true golden ticket.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Nov. 2025
Advertisement On any one of those issues alone, Mamdani’s campaign could have been in a free fall if not conscripted to a quick and public immolation.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Jan. 2026
Many Iranians, including those sympathetic to Palestinian rights, resent being conscripted into conflicts that are not their own.
—Kamran Talattof, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Gottlieb also remembered watching his dad being taken away in a black bus, conscripted by the Russian military to fight the Germans near the end of the war.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Her investigation considers the history of several doomed innocents, beginning with Lana Clarkson, a B-movie queen who was brutally murdered and subsequently conscripted to the annals of true crime.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Immigration lawyers have raised concerns that those deported to Ukraine could be conscripted to fight in the war.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 18 Nov. 2025
Top of mind for Elphaba is freeing the Animals, who have been conscripted into terrible slavery, mostly because the Wizard keenly understands that to keep people together, a common enemy (real or imagined) is the true golden ticket.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Nov. 2025
Advertisement On any one of those issues alone, Mamdani’s campaign could have been in a free fall if not conscripted to a quick and public immolation.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscripted
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Perhaps, for example, Sullivan and Hafley would have drafted Pittsburgh defensive tackle Derrick Harmon instead of Grant.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the summer of 1942 he was drafted into the Army.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Recently, Tasic, a neuroscientist and genomicist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and her collaborators recruited artificial intelligence for the sorting and mapmaking effort.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a statement, the FSB alleged that Korba was recruited, trained and sent to Russia by the SBU in August 2025.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Conscripted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscripted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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