'Impressment' definitions:
Definition of 'impressment'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of coercing someone into government service [syn: impress, impressment]
Definition of 'Impressment'
From: GCIDE
- Impressment \Im*press"ment\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]s"ment), n. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. [1913 Webster]
- The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. --J. H. Burton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impressment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abduction,
- angary,
- annexation,
- annexure,
- attachment,
- call,
- call-up,
- collectivization,
- commandeering,
- communalization,
- communization,
- compulsory military service,
- confiscation,
- conscription,
- crimping,
- distraint,
- distress,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- eminent domain,
- enlistment,
- enrollment,
- execution,
- expropriation,
- garnishment,
- impoundment,
- induction,
- kidnapping,
- levy,
- mobilization,
- muster,
- nationalization,
- press,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- right of angary,
- selective service,
- sequestration,
- shanghaiing,
- socialization,
- summons
Words containing 'Impressment'
- Impress,
- Impressed,
- Impresses,
- Impressibility,
- Impressible,
- Impressibleness,
- Impressibly,
- Impressing,
- Impression,
- Impressive,
- Impressively,
- Impressiveness,
- under the impression,
- Centrifugal impression,
- Centripetal impression,
- Impress gang,
- Impress money,
- Proof impression,
- first impression,
- impressive aphasia,
- make an impression,
- sense impression,
- trial impression,
- wrong impression