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Definition of conscript verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

conscript

verb

NAmE//kənˈskrɪpt//

[usually passive] conscript somebody (into something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they conscript

he / she / it conscripts

past simple conscripted

-ing form conscripting

to make somebody join the armed forces synonym draft He was conscripted into the army in 1939. to be conscripted for military service

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