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Meanings of naval enlistment in English
Forced naval service with or without notice.
Synonyms
Examples for "impressment"
Examples for "impressment"
1
On the impressment of our seamen our remonstrances have never been intermitted.
2
The subjects of impressment and blockades were not embraced in it.
3
The impressment of seamen continued and was the source of daily increasing abuse.
4
The reports of the impressment operations only came down to May.
5
But the system of impressment is no respecter either of pity or person.
1
A far more unpopular measure was the introduction of military and naval conscription in 1811.
1
No press gang ever ventured into an area of quality and wealth.
2
She'll be leading him straight into the hands of a press gang!
3
The press gang of the National Capital was all at sea.
4
But the press gang harvested its greatest crop of seamen on the seas.
5
But the press gang took him and a dozen others late this afternoon.
Usage of naval enlistment in English
1
"Monsieur le Commissaire" of the Naval Enlistment Office was not in just then.