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press-gang

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press-gang (prsgng)
tr.v. press-ganged, press-gangĀ·ing, press-gangs
1. To force into military or naval service.
2. To force or coerce: "press-ganging a consumer into buying something he doesn't want" (Feona McEwan).
Translations
press-gang [ˈpresgæŋ] VT to press-gang sb into doing sthforzar a algn a hacer algo
press-gang [ˈprɛsgæŋ] vt
to press-gang sb into doing sth → faire pression sur qn pour qu'il fasse qch
press-gang [ˈprɛsˌgæŋ] vt to press-gang sb into doing sthcostringere qn a viva forza a fare qc
press-gang [ˈprɛsˌgæŋ] vt to press-gang sb into doing sthcostringere qn a viva forza a fare qc


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Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket), "that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her; but since then, she had no bed to lie on; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were almost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.
 
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