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verb
- 1. enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services: "they were conscripted into the army"
noun
- 1. a person enlisted compulsorily: "army conscripts"
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CONSCRIPT definition: 1. to force someone to serve in an army or one of a country's armed forces: 2. a person who has…. Learn more.
The meaning of CONSCRIPT is a conscripted person (such as a military recruit). How to use conscript in a sentence.
CONSCRIPT meaning: 1. to force someone to serve in an army or one of a country's armed forces: 2. a person who has…. Learn more.
Conscript does involve enrollment — but it’s a forced enrollment, used to describe someone who has been forced to join the military, such as someone who has been drafted. As a verb, conscript means "force to join," like a military that conscripts new soldiers.
noun. a recruit obtained by conscription. adjective. enrolled or formed by conscription; drafted: a conscript soldier. conscript. noun. a person who is enrolled for compulsory military service. ( as modifier ) a conscript army.
1. to draft for military service. 2. to compel into service. n. 3. a recruit obtained by conscription. adj. 4. enrolled or formed by conscription; drafted: a conscript soldier. [1525–35; < Latin conscrīptus, past participle of conscrībere to conscribe] con•script′a•ble, adj.
verb [ T ] uk / kənˈskrɪpt / us. to make someone join the army: [ often passive ] During World War I, he was conscripted into the Russian army. (Definition of conscript from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of conscript. in Chinese (Traditional) 徵召，招募… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 征召，招募… See more.
