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BNC: 16842 COCA: 19067

conscript

1 conscript /kənˈskrɪpt/ verb
conscripts; conscripted; conscripting
1 conscript
/kənˈskrɪpt/
verb
conscripts; conscripted; conscripting
Learner's definition of CONSCRIPT
[+ object]
: to force (someone) to serve in the armed forces : draft征募;征召
2 conscript /ˈkɑːnˌskrɪpt/ noun
plural conscripts
2 conscript
/ˈkɑːnˌskrɪpt/
noun
plural conscripts
Learner's definition of CONSCRIPT
[count]
: a person who is forced to serve in the armed forces : draftee应征士兵;应征入伍者

— conscript

/ˈkɑːnˌskrɪpt/ adjective, always used before a noun
BNC: 16842 COCA: 19067

conscript

1 of 3

noun

con·​script ˈkän-ˌskript How to pronounce conscript (audio)
: a conscripted person (such as a military recruit)

conscript

2 of 3

adjective

con·​script ˈkän-ˌskript How to pronounce conscript (audio)
1
: enrolled into service by compulsion : drafted
2
: made up of conscripted persons

conscript

3 of 3

verb

con·​script kən-ˈskript How to pronounce conscript (audio)
conscripted; conscripting; conscripts

transitive verb

: to enroll into service by compulsion : draft
was conscripted into the army

Example Sentences

Noun as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts Verb The government is conscripting men for the army. He was conscripted into the army.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Nawi isn’t a conscript; as Nanisca makes clear, joining the Agojie is a choice. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 On Sunday, a user of the social-media platform VKontakte said the ship’s commanders told him that his son Yegor, a conscript, was among those missing in the tragedy. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022 Begersky was a conscript from a small town near Russia’s Pacific coast, Agentstvo reported. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2022
Adjective
The Cold War-era law lets the federal government conscript private businesses to produce goods for national defense and to reorder supply chains, putting some customers ahead of others. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 May 2022 Morale is perhaps the largest issue, with conscript troops abandoning vehicles and vanishing into forests. Benjamin H. Friedman, The Week, 20 Mar. 2022 The gang is known to forcibly conscript migrants as mules—and sometimes dispose of them. Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016 Russia’s failure to secure a quick victory supports research showing that conscript armies are worse at fighting wars than professional militaries staffed with volunteers. Max Z. Margulies And Laura Resnick Samotin, WSJ, 5 May 2022 Zelensky, in an overnight address over the weekend, accused the Kremlin of cynically preparing conscript soldiers as cannon fodder for the next phase of fighting in the east. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2022 Opposition to the first war in Chechnya in the mid-1990s was spurred by Russian families angry that their conscript sons were being used as cannon fodder. New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 History records tales of undersupplied Russian conscript soldiers, high inflation and industrial breakdowns during wartime, and tyrants surrounded by flatterers. Peter Landers And Alastair Gale, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022 Largely composed of conscript soldiers who were ignorant of what to expect, the force drove long columns of tanks and armor into the city in what was intended to be a swift overthrow of the Chechen leadership. New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
Verb
Directors often make films about surrogates for themselves — exacting visionaries who conscript others into the realization of their fantasies. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Despite its ability to conscript women for military service during wartime, Malyar said that not a single woman had been forcibly mobilized since 2014. Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 9 July 2022 Russia is also conducting its spring draft, which seeks to conscript about 130,000 men between 18 and 27 by mid-July. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Pro-Russian separatists stop buses filled with fleeing citizens and either steal their food, conscript them into fighting or worse. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his government was trying to verify the exact number of citizens who had been forcibly deported, alleging that Russia was trying to forcibly conscript many into its army. NBC News, 25 Mar. 2022 In his first extended remarks since the war began, Putin claimed Russia would not need to conscript soldiers to help fight in the invasion, nor would the country need to impose martial law. Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2022 In last week’s installment, Custer tried to conscript his girlfriend Faye (Chloe Cherry) in his plan to set up Fez. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2022 The business groups and the states, nearly all led by Republican attorneys general, argue that Congress never clearly gave OSHA the power to conscript businesses into implementing a vaccine-and-testing mandate. Jess Bravin, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

alteration of French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere to enroll, enlist, from com- + scribere to write — more at scribe

First Known Use

Noun

1799, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of conscript was in 1799
BNC: 16842 COCA: 19067

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