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Meanings of forcible impressment in English
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Usage of forcible impressment in English
1
We wanted tens of thousands, and forcible impressment was giving us half-dozens, or, at the best, scores.
2
The allusions to forcible impressment made by naval historians are, with few exceptions, complaints of the utter inefficiency of the plan.
3
The number of men raised for the navy by forcible impressment in war time has been enormously exaggerated owing to a confusion of terms.
4
There is no evidence to show that even from the middle of the seventeenth century any considerable number of men was raised by forcible impressment.
5
Mr. Oppenheim tells us of an Act of Parliament (17 Charles I) legalising forcible impressment, which seems to have been passed to satisfy the sailors.