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press-gang

press-gang (past and past participle press-ganged, present participle press-gang·ing, 3rd person present singular press-gangs)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
force somebody to do something: to force people into military service or into doing anything that they are reluctant to do
I never wanted to go to camp - my parents press-ganged me into it.

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