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Impressment   /ɪmprˈɛsmənt/   Listen
Impressment

noun
1.
The act of coercing someone into government service.  Synonym: impress.






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"Impressment" Quotes from Famous Books



... because of his championship of Burr and his quarrel with Dinsmore, and because he had been for Monroe instead of Madison for President. He was ardently in favor of war with Great Britain because of the impressment of American seamen and other grievances which the United States had borne for years, but there seemed to be little likelihood of his getting a chance to play a part in the war if it should come. The war ...
— Andrew Jackson • William Garrott Brown

... impressment; though I do not see why laws might not be enacted to compel drafts for the ships of war, as well as for the army: but this is a point that some of the professional gentlemen on board, if there be any such, might better ...
— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper



Words linked to "Impressment" :   seizure



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