Impressment (Noun)
Meaning
The act of coercing someone into government service.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- British naval authorities used impressment to fill their ships with sailors during the 18th century.
- Before the War of 1812, America was concerned with British impressment of U.S. sailors on the high seas.
- He wasn't a willing soldier, but a victim of forced impressment into the enemy's army.
- Impressment was one of the reasons for rebellion against the authorities by several British sailors.
- Governments and private people rejected the practice of naval impressment as an aggressive form of recruitment.