To be drafted into the Army; to be conscripted into the Army (UK).He was drafted (into the army) at eighteen.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.
He was conscripted into the army at the age of 18. Cambridge Dictionary Online.
References in News:
"As Frey was married before being drafted, returning home to his young wife was in the forefront of his mind."
News Tribune.
"Gingrich, who lives in Waterloo, Iowa, said he was drafted in July 1942. Upon entering the Army, he said, he was confused to see his assignment to a battalion designated with the initials “TD.” Lubbock Online
"After high school Israeli students are drafted into the army while their Palestinian counterparts will likely move on to college.
Gulf Times.
"Former Overton Grange School student Hyun Shin was hoping to take his A-levels this summer, but was conscripted after his family failed in their bid to stay in the UK. "
Sutton Guardian (UK)
El Proceso de Reclutamiento: The Draft, Conscription (UK)
"He avoided the draft because of a foot injury."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.
"Germans have not as yet decided whether conscription should be abolished, DPA reported on Saturday."
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Conscript, draftee (US)
"Frances Arnold watched two busloads a month of potential draftees head for Fort Jackson in Columbia for pre-induction physicals during the 1950s and 1960s."
South Carolina Now.
"Some reports said a conscript had been found asleep at his post and that he or a fellow soldier opened fire on officers trying to punish the conscript"
Irish Times.
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Volunteer for the Army.
In the eighties, in Venezuela young people were drafted/conscripted . Nowadays, most of them volunteer for the Army.
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-Poner en bandeja de plata a la gente un esfuerzo hecho por otros.
-Frases de la vida cotidiana que no sabemos ni tenemos idea de como se dicen en inglés y que resulta que se dicen con una o dos palabras que conocemos desde que comenzamos a estudiar la lengua.
-A diferencia de gadgets de frases del día o palabra del día, aquí no hay nada de vocabulario rebuscado.
-Lo que a la gente generalmente no se le ocurre buscar en diccionarios.
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