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impressment

  • /ɪmˈpɹɛsmənt/

noun impressments

  1. countable, uncountable The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service. owing to the immense number of our sailors, and the extent of our commerce, we were enabled by impressment and other means, to fit out and man a powerful fleet in a few weeks

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@misc{impressment_2026,
  title = {impressment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impressment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}