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press-gang en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From press + gang.
Meanings
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A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.
"If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze."
2021 March 14, HarryBlank, “Defence”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2024:
Forms
Relateds
take the shilling · King's shilling · draft board · impressment
Synonyms
press
Translations (2)
cy y près (group that forces others into service) · cy dirdorf (group that forces others into service)
wikidata: Q135255440
press-gang en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From press + gang.
Meanings
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(transitive) To force (someone) into military or naval service.
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(transitive) To coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do.
Forms
Coordinates
railroad · draft · conscript
Synonyms
shanghai
Translations (11)
cmn 拉丁 (to force into military service) · bg мобилизирам принудително (to force into military service) · fi pakkovärvätä (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do) · cmn 拉夫 (to force into military service) · fi shanghaijata (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do) · cmn 强征入伍 (to force into military service) · cmn 抓壮丁 (to force into military service) · nl ronselaarsbende (to force into military service) · de zwingen (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do) · de zwangsrekrutieren (to force into military service) · cmn 抓丁 (to force into military service)