Impressment

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  • noun. The act or policy of seizing persons and compelling them to serve in the military, especially in naval forces.
  • noun. The act or policy of seizing property for public use, especially for military purposes.
  • noun. The act of imposing a constructive trust or a lien upon property, as a matter of equity, to protect a person without legal title but with a legally recognized interest.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of coercing someone into government service
    • Word Usage
    "In this power of impressment is a good part of a ruler's greatness."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seizure  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assessment  disinvestment  divestment  investment  reassessment  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    comptroller-general  d'aubaine  decapitation  defecation  durance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abduction  angary  annexation  annexure  attachment  
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