Synonyms of conscripted

conscripted

verb

past tense of conscript

as in drafted

to pick especially for required military service

was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drafted
• recruited
• enlisted
• levied
• conscribed
• enrolled
• volunteered
• impressed
• pressed
• called up
• signed up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• mustered out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conscripted

Maybe drafted is more like it, as when he was conscripted to have a blue clay face mask applied. —Tracy Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026

Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war. —Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026

As part of the Catholic peace movement, some of them were experienced in breaking into draft boards and stealing Selective Service records of poor men in an attempt to prevent them from being conscripted. —Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026

One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice. —Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026

Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen. —Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026

But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived. —Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026

In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial. —Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026