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   conscript

   verb

   • 1. enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services: "they were conscripted into the army"

   noun

   • 1. a person enlisted compulsorily: "army conscripts"

   Word Origin late 18th century (as a noun): from French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere ‘enrol’. The verb is a back-formation from conscription.

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