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draft

verb [T usually passive] (MILITARY)
 
 
/drɑːft/ US  /dræft/ mainly US (UK conscript)

Definition

to order people by law to join the armed forces: He was drafted (into the army) at 18.Joining or leaving the army
(Definition of draft verb (MILITARY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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