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conscript army

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conscript
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈkɒn.skript/ us /ˈkɑːn.skript/
relating to or consisting of people who are forced to serve in an army or in one of a country's ...
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army
noun
uk /ˈɑː.mi/ us /ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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Following the demobilization of the wartime conscriptarmy most regular regimental soldiers returned to the cosy familiarities of colonial soldiering.
The state needed obedient and disciplined subjects, and the prison became-alongside the school, the conscriptarmy, and the psychiatric hospital-a disciplining institution.
The policy did not bring the lasting creation of a conscriptarmy.
How could the creation of a conscriptarmy representing the multiethnic state, not just the 'nation', be legitimised in the eyes of society?
Both responses were at odds with the construction of a large, centralised conscriptarmy.
It is unhealthy for a trade union to be a conscriptarmy.
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Even a professional army, which is more immune to changes in society than a conscriptarmy, is subject to social pressures and changes.
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We cannot compare a full-time professional army with a conscriptarmy.
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It may be thought that the other side has only a conscriptarmy, but that is far from the truth.
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It is perfectly true that a professional army may well be more efficient than a conscriptarmy, if one can get it.
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Once they have got control, they have a conscriptarmy at their disposal.
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It is much easier to deploy a higher proportion of a volunteer army than a conscriptarmy.
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Surely a conscriptarmy cannot be called a citizen army because when the conscripts are called up they are not even citizens.
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Now she talks as though it is necessary to increase the conscriptarmy of the unemployed to fight inflation.
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He cannot possibly realise that a conscriptarmy is just as consistent with limitation of numbers as is a professional army.
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I can imagine it happening in a conscriptarmy but not in the professional army.
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They have the advantage of low personnel costs with their conscriptarmy.
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He pointed out that others have said that the cheapness of a conscriptarmy could reduce costs.
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