Adam Johnson

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.

American Writer

Mary Jo White

In terms of the breadth of the threat of Al Qaeda itself - it's not the only terrorist organization, and it works with others as cells around the world in at least 60 countries. You potentially are talking about tens of thousands of followers who can be conscripted into service to carry out a terrorist plot.

American Public Servant

Charles Hazlewood

Musical 'fusion' projects have earned themselves a bad name, but that's mainly because they often involve pop artists conscripting orchestras to play unimaginative backdrops to their acts. What's really exciting is when you spark off a dialogue between very different musical forces.

British Musician

Jo Brand

My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how she managed it.

British Comedian

Gunter Grass

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit.

German Author

Du Fu

The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting happens often.

Chinese Poet

Lord Robertson

And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice.

Scottish Diplomat

Tim O'Brien

In Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers signed up intentionally. That's a huge difference from the largely conscripted army of my era.

American Author

Robert Rinder

No matter how excluded you have become from Christmas, it is a genuinely inclusive matter; frankly, you are conscripted into it.

English Judge

John Paul Stevens

They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.

Judge

Conscript emphasizes the lack of choice in joining the military.

Forced Service

Use 'conscript' when referring to governmental force, not individual or group coercion.

Government Authority

Often used in historical or wartime contexts where conscription was common.

Contextual Usage

Conscript as a verb refers to the act of legally requiring military service.

Mandatory Enlistment

Conscription can suggest a sudden interruption of one's personal life.

Abrupt Disruption

Conscription is rare during peacetime and more associated with wartime needs.

Peacetime Rarity

 they collectively became known as The Long Wall. To accomplish this task, the Emperor enlisted soldiers and commoners, not always voluntarily. Of the hundreds of thousands of builders recorded during the Qin Dynasty, many were forcibly conscripted peasants and others were criminals serving out sentences.

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 living at the side for at least four years and they had made this Ridge their home I was a place away from the government they were a little bit nervous to see the Peruvian military there they were afraid that tourbus was going to be conscripted into the army

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 defending of understand and for securing it lies on our shoulders and I'm delighted that every single member of our security forces is a volunteer there is no one conscripted there is no one