Impressment Definition

ĭm-prĕsmənt
noun
The act or policy of seizing persons and compelling them to serve in the military, especially in naval forces.
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The practice or act of impressing men or property into service, esp. into military or naval service.
Webster's New World
The act of imposing a constructive trust or a lien upon property, as a matter of equity, to protect a person without legal title but with a legally recognized interest.
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Noun

Singular:
impressment
Plural:
impressments

Origin of Impressment

  • From impress +‎ -ment.

    From Wiktionary

Impressment Sentence Examples

  • He constantly protested against flogging in the army, the impressment of sailors and imprisonment for debt.

  • Impressment is commonly employed to fill the ranks, and in cases of emergency the prison population is drawn upon for recruits.

  • A pamphlet written to propose a substitute for the system of impressment in 1822 is said to have offended King William IV.

  • These pamphlets contain an extreme statement of the anti-war party and defend impressment as a right of long standing.

  • After negotiating with Don Pedro de Cevallos, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, from January to May 1805, without success, Monroe returned to London and resumed his negotiations, which had been interrupted by his journey to Spain, concerning the impressment of American seamen and the seizure of American vessels.

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