Definitions for: Impressment

[n] the act of coercing someone into government service

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: impress

See Also: seizure