conscript

/kən'skrip/

Thân thiện

A young conscript receives his uniform at a training camp.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person compulsorily enrolled for military service: A "conscript" is an individual who is legally required to join the armed forces, typically through a draft system, rather than volunteering.

2. Verb:

   • To enroll someone compulsorily into military service: To "conscript" means to legally force someone to serve in the armed forces.

Examples

• Noun: During the war, the army was largely composed of conscripts.He was a conscript, not a volunteer soldier.

• Verb: The government has the authority to conscript citizens in times of national emergency.Young men were conscripted into the navy.

Advanced Usage

• "to be conscripted into": to be compulsorily enrolled into a specific branch or unit of the armed forces. He was conscripted into the infantry.

• "conscript labor": labor that is forced or compulsory, not limited to a military context. The regime used conscript labor to build the infrastructure.

Variants and Related Words

• Conscription (n): The compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often military service. The policy of conscription was highly controversial.

• Draftee (n): (Near synonym) A person conscripted for military service.

Synonyms

• Noun: draftee, inductee.
• Verb: draft, enlist (when referring to compulsory service), call up, mobilize.

Related Phrases

• "conscript army": an army whose soldiers are primarily conscripts, not professional volunteers.

Notes on Meaning

• The term primarily relates to compulsory military service. Using it for voluntary enrollment is incorrect.
• As a verb, it is typically used in the passive voice (e.g., "He was conscripted") to describe the person being forced into service.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who is drafted into military service

Verb

1. enroll into service compulsorily
   • The men were conscripted

Từ đồng nghĩa

• draftee
• inductee