Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impressment"
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) 1.7 (wn)
impressment
n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impress}]
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