conscript

/kˈɒnskɹɪpt/

/ˈkɑnsˌkɹɪpt/, /kənsˈkɹɪpt/

to conscript

MAIN VERB

enroll into service compulsorily

Conscript

someone who is drafted into military service

synonyms : draftee

antonyms : volunteer

Examples

1. All Rome’s adult male citizens are conscripted into the city guard.

2. "Conscripts had the name of the Taiping regime forcibly tattooed on their faces."

3. That equipment is apparently being run by conscripts.

4. Both of them are conscripts in a training camp.