About The Word Impressment
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Impressment
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What's The Definition Of Impressment?
[n] the act of coercing someone into government service
Synonyms | Synonyms for Impressment: impress Related Terms | Find terms related to Impressment: abduction | angary | annexation | annexure | attachment | call | call-up | collectivization | commandeering | communalization | communization | compulsory military service | confiscation | conscription | crimping | distraint | distress | draft | draft call | drafting | eminent domain | enlistment | enrollment | execution | expropriation | garnishment | impoundment | induction | kidnapping | levy | mobilization | muster | nationalization | press | recruiting | recruitment | right of angary | selective service | sequestration | shanghaiing | socialization | summons See Also | seizure Impressment In Webster's Dictionary \Im*press"ment\, n.
The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into
public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of
provisions or of sailors.
The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment
-- died a protracted death. --J. H.
Burton.
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