con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript 
1
: enrolled into service by compulsion : drafted
2
: made up of conscripted persons
con·script
kən-ˈskript
conscripted; conscripting; conscripts
: to enroll into service by compulsion : draft
was conscripted into the army
Examples of conscript in a Sentence
Noun
as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts
Verb
The government is conscripting men for the army.
He was conscripted into the army.
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Kovalenko, who writes the Ukraine Decoded substack newsletter, told Newsweek that mid-level commanders were responsible for discipline in their units and should be held accountable for violations of the law, but the real issue remains the low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Russia has reserves of conscript soldiers it is prohibited by its policies from deploying into Ukraine, but could on Russian soil.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
New Line conscripted the aging, legendary director John Frankenheimer to wrangle all of it in the dense jungle of Far North Queensland when the original director Richard Stanley was fired after just a few days of filming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The average Russian soldier’s salary is now close to $2,000 a month, twice the national average and four times the overall average in the dozens of regions that have contributed the most conscripts.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Kovalenko, who writes the Ukraine Decoded substack newsletter, told Newsweek that mid-level commanders were responsible for discipline in their units and should be held accountable for violations of the law, but the real issue remains the low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
How can the government collect taxes, for instance, or conscript soldiers or enforce the law, if people do not have last names?
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Russia has reserves of conscript soldiers it is prohibited by its policies from deploying into Ukraine, but could on Russian soil.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Verb
Roitfeld conscripted movement director Eric Christison so each can play a different character.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
New Line conscripted the aging, legendary director John Frankenheimer to wrangle all of it in the dense jungle of Far North Queensland when the original director Richard Stanley was fired after just a few days of filming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Conscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscript. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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conscript
1 of 3 adjective
con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript
1
: enrolled into service by force
2
: made up of conscripted persons
conscript
2 of 3 verb
con·script
kən-ˈskript
: to enroll into service by force : draft
was conscripted into the army
conscription
noun
kən-ˈskrip-shən
conscript
3 of 3 noun
con·script
ˈkän-ˌskript
: a conscripted person (as a military recruit)
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