impressment

Therefore, no concessions on the issue of impressment were made.

How the old boy had raged against his impressment for the voyage!

Impressment (the Press) was the act of forcing men to serve in the navy.

At least we had made some attempt, no matter how feeble, to escape military impressment.

Generally, impressment victims were young men from poor and middle-class backgrounds.

Impressment is the act of conscripting people to serve in the military or navy.

But, well, it seems to me that a bit of impressment might be just the thing here, to solve my problem, and yours."

That they had confiscated not just personnel by impressment, but whole ships, and names.

Henry Adams wrote to his brother on the impressment issue:

After the restoration of the monarchy, impressment into the army was discontinued.

Within 12 days, the establishment had been increased to 165,000 animals, entirely by impressment, and a year later, in August 1915, to 534,971.

This included impressment and seizures of American men and goods.

The diplomats also said that impressment would continue.

Most were acquired by impressment (a common method of recruitment from c.1700-1815).

When war broke out, male phrai were subject to impressment.

But his troops were largely recruited from the local area, probably by impressment, and he appears to have had no archers.

It was at sea, however, that impressment was at its most productive.

Impressment was also called the Press or press ganged.

Mind you, the British may have made a few mistakes along the way, but primarily their impressment was aimed at their own.

So they turned to impressment and raids on merchant shipping to get what they needed.

Impressment, colloquially, "the Press", refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice.

That planet is dead because of your filthy war and your petty impressment!"

He opened it with much impressment, assumed, of course, and showed a great bundle of white flowers.

"Forced impressment is going on," said a diplomat.

In 1703 an act passed limiting the impressment of men to those under 18 years of age who were not apprenticed.