Dictionary (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.Thesaurus abduction angary annexation annexure attachment call call-up collectivization commandeering communalization communization compulsory military service confiscation conscription crimping distraint distress draft draft call drafting eminent domain enlistment enrollment execution expropriation garnishment impoundment induction kidnapping levy mobilization muster nationalization press recruiting recruitment right of angary selective service sequestration shanghaiing socialization summons |