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conscripted

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con·script  (knskrpt)
n.
One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee.
adj.
Enrolled compulsorily; drafted.
tr.v. (kn-skrpt) con·script·ed, con·script·ing, con·scripts
To enroll compulsorily into service; draft.

[Latin cnscriptus, past participle of cnscrbere, to enroll : com-, com- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]
Translations
conscripted [kənˈskrɪptɪd] ADJ [labourer etc] → reclutado a la fuerza, forzado
conscripted troopsreclutas mpl, conscriptos mpl (LAm)
conscripted
adj soldiereingezogen, einberufen; troopsaus Wehrpflichtigen bestehend; workers, labourerszwangsverpflichtet


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During the war Tom was conscripted to work in the coal mines for four years as a Bevin Boy.
Commenting on the observed levels of newly conscripted soldiers choosing to pursue the path of deferral, Kareklas said that "levels appear to be at the same level as last year.
Bevin Boys, named after wartime Government minister Ernest Bevin, were young British men conscripted to worked in coal mines from 1943 to 1948.
 
 
 
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