conscription

as in induction
the practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces At the outbreak of war, young people knew they would soon face conscription into the army. a campaign to end conscription

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Recent Examples on the Web Standardizing national approaches to reserve forces and conscription across NATO would also help boost personnel but would be controversial given the diversity of views on this issue among allies. Mathieu Droin, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024 At present, only men are subject to South Korea’s mandatory military conscription, a policy that many younger South Korean men perceive as discrimination. Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024 More than four million troops were organized to repel a large land invasion — a blundering force with a huge officer corps that relied on young men serving two years of mandatory conscription service for the bulk of its manpower. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 The ministry did not say how many were currently serving on the front lines The convict-to-combat initiative as well as a conscription reform are an attempt to bolster the faltering ranks of Ukrainian soldiers after two-and-half years of grinding war. Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for conscription 

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“Conscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscription. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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