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Conscripting meaning
present participle and gerund of conscript
Example sentences (4)
Even after conscripting every able-bodied man, including children as young as ten, and forcing women to perform all nonmilitary labor, Solano López still could not field an army as large as those of his enemies.
Power became centralized in Paris, with its strong bureaucracy and an army supplied by conscripting all young men.
The range of eligible ages for conscripting was expanded to meet national demand during the World Wars.
World War II years Guthrie believed performing his anti-fascist songs and poems at home was the best use of his talents; Guthrie lobbied the United States Army to accept him as a USO performer instead of conscripting him as a soldier in the draft.