CONSCRIPT


Meaning of CONSCRIPT in English

I. verb

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Governor Davis wanted to conscript parents as homework helpers.

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Such were the men Lincoln and Stanton were proposing to conscript .

To conscript more victims, you need a proper network.

II. noun

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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.

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