🔤 Impressment ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
Zabardasti Bharti, Jabri Fouji Bharti
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ENGLISH
📚noun
impressment
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: ɪmprɛsmənt
Phonetic: im-PRESS-muhnt
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DEFINITION
The act of forcibly taking people into military or naval service without their consent, especially practiced historically by navies like that of Britain.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The impressment of sailors was a major cause of tension between the U.S. and Britain in the 19th century.
Many young men feared impressment and avoided coastal towns during wartime.
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