Meaning of IMPRESSMENT
| Pronunciation: | | im'presmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of coercing someone into government service |
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| | Synonyms: | | impress |
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| | See Also: | | seizure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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