Sekirov Dictionary

press-gang

verb 2
noun 1
forms 3

verb2

To force (someone) into military or naval service.
To coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do.

noun1

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A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.
- "If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze." — 2021

forms

press-ganged · press-ganging · press-gangs

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