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impressment 音標拼音: [ɪmpr'ɛsmənt] n. 征用,征召,強制征兵 徵用,徵召,強制徵兵 impressment n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [ synonym: { impress}, { impressment}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. -- J. H. Burton. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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