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conscience money
conscience-stricken
conscientious
conscientious objector
conscious
consciousness
consciousness-raising
conscript
conscription
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conscript

con·script [ kən skrípt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle con·script·ed, present participle con·script·ing, 3rd person present singular con·scripts)
Definition:
 
compel to do military service: to enroll somebody compulsorily in the armed forces



noun  (plural con·scripts)
Definition:
 
military recruit: a recruit who has been compulsorily enrolled, especially in the armed forces

[15th century. < Latin conscript-, past participle of conscribere "enroll" < scribere "write"]
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