Impressment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or policy of seizing people or property for public service or use.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of impressing; the act of seizing for public use, or of compelling to enter the public service; compulsion to serve: as, the impressment of provisions, or of sailors or nurses.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of coercing someone into government service
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seizure   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    earnestness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assessment    disinvestment    divestment    investment    reassessment   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    expropriation    defecation    eviction    comptroller-general    enlistment   
     
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