I. re ‧ cruit 1 /rɪˈkruːt/ BrE AmE verb
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job etc:
We’re having difficulty recruiting enough qualified staff.
Many government officials were recruited from private industry.
2 . [intransitive and transitive] to get people to join the army, navy etc ⇨ conscript :
Most of the men in the village were recruited that day.
3 . [transitive] to persuade someone to do something for you
recruit somebody to do something
I recruited three of my friends to help me move.
—recruiter noun [countable]
—recruitment noun [uncountable]
II. recruit 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: recrute 'new growth, new soldiers' , from Old French recroistre 'to grow up again' ]
1 . someone who has just joined the army, navy, or ↑ air force ⇨ conscript
new/raw/fresh recruit (=one who is completely untrained)
Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.
2 . someone who has recently joined an organization, team, group of people etc:
New recruits are sent to the Atlanta office for training.