conscript

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I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Governor Davis wanted to conscript parents as homework helpers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Such were the men Lincoln and Stanton were proposing to conscript.
▪ To conscript more victims, you need a proper network.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A nationwide census, carried out every three years, was used to draft conscripts.
▪ I have an introduction to L, an army conscript.
▪ Many conscripts - they make up 65 percent of the armed forces - receive only the most basic training.
▪ Professional and motivated as officers and commanders of the national armed forces might be, what of conscripts?
▪ She could do without large conscript armies to defend land frontiers and needed long-service troops who could be employed overseas for long periods.
▪ Some have conscript armies, others do not.
▪ The army had to put down, with much bloodshed, bread riots in 1977 and protests by police conscripts in 1985.
▪ The average number of conscripts in training has fallen from 80,000 to about 15,000.

conscript

I. cons‧cript¹ /kənˈskrɪpt/ verb [TRANSITIVE]
[date : 1800-1900; Language : Latin; Origin : conscriptus, past participle of conscribere 'to make a member of something', from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + scribere 'to write']
1. to make someone join the army, navy etc SYN draft American English
conscript somebody into something
　 ▪ Young Frenchmen were conscripted into the army and forced to fight in Algeria.

2. to make someone become a member of a group or take part in a particular activity SYN recruit

II. con‧script² /ˈkɒnskrɪpt $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1800-1900; Language : French; Origin : conscrit, from Latin conscriptus; ⇨ conscript¹]
someone who has been made to join the army, navy etc SYN draftee American English:
　 ▪ a young army conscript

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  draftee, inductee
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary