Press-gang

Synonyms for "press-gang" (2 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (1)

Verb(1 words)

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Translations

13 translations across 6 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • мобилизирам принудително verb (to force into military service)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 强征入伍 verb (to force into military service)
  • 抓丁 verb (to force into military service)
  • 抓壮丁 verb (to force into military service)
  • 拉丁 verb (to force into military service)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ronselaarsbende verb (to force into military service)

Finnish

2 entries
  • pakkovärvätä verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)
  • shanghaijata verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)

German

2 entries
  • zwangsrekrutieren verb (to force into military service)
  • zwingen verb (to coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dirdorf noun (group that forces others into service)
  • y près noun (group that forces others into service)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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"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."

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