as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures
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The adorable animal characters take some of the edge off a game that entails indoctrinating cult members, battling spirits and cannibalism.
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Theara Coleman, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
Handsome but not very bright, Whitlock is kidnapped by communist screenwriters, who end up indoctrinating him into their cause.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Russia needs soldiers, IT specialists, workers for its military-industrial complex, and an obedient rising generation that has been indoctrinated in the revanchist and simplified history propagated in the new textbooks.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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Theara Coleman, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
Handsome but not very bright, Whitlock is kidnapped by communist screenwriters, who end up indoctrinating him into their cause.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Russia needs soldiers, IT specialists, workers for its military-industrial complex, and an obedient rising generation that has been indoctrinated in the revanchist and simplified history propagated in the new textbooks.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Bailey was part of a small army of bitcoin fanatics who indoctrinated Trump in all things bitcoin and helped turned him from a skeptic to an evangelist.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Indoctrinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indoctrinate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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