Impressment Definition

[n] the act of coercing someone into government service

Synonyms

impress

See Also...

seizure

Related Terms

abduction, angary, annexation, annexure, attachment, call, call-up, collectivization, commandeering, communalization, communization, compulsory military service, confiscation, conscription, crimping, distraint, distress, draft, draft call, drafting, emine

Misc. Definitions

\Im*press"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. The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment -- died a protracted death. --J. H. Burton.