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impressment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impressment \Im*press"ment\, n. The act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as the impressment of provisions or of sailors. The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. --J. H. Burton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impressment n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impress}]
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