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Noun Concept
Categories: History of the Royal Navy, Slave soldiers, War of 1812, Articles with short description, Conscription in the United States
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impress  impressment  Impressment of American seamen  impress service  impressments
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The act of coercing someone into government service WordNet 3.0
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The act of coercing someone into government service WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Impressment, colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is the enslavement of men into service on a ship by compulsion, with or without notice. Wikipedia
The act of conscripting people to serve in the military or navy. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Forced naval service with or without notice Wikidata
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. Wiktionary
The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service. Wiktionary
IS A
seizure
conscription
DERIVATION
shanghai
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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impress, impressment
Wikipedia
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impressment
Wikidata
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impressment
Wiktionary
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impress, impressment
Wikipedia Redirections
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impress service, Impressment of American seamen, Impressment of American Seamen, impressments, press-gang, press-ganged, Press-ganging, press gang, press gangs, pressgang, Pressment, Protection List, the Impress Service
Wikidata Alias
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naval conscription, naval enlistment, naval enrollment, naval enrolment, press-gang, press gang

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