Impressment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impressment \Im*press"ment\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]s"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.
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           The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment
           -- died a protracted death.              --J. H.
                                                    Burton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impressment
       n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impress}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "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