press-gang

English - Turkish

Definition of press-gang in English Turkish dictionary: zorla asker, zorla toplama asker bölüğü; baskı yapma; zorla asker toplama bölüğü
pressgang: sıkboğaz etmek
press gang: zorla asker toplama bölüğü
press gang smb. into doing smth: baskı yapmak
press gang smb. into doing smth: zorlamak
pressgang: zorla
pressgang: baskın bölük

English - English

Definition of press-gang in English English dictionary: A body of men employed to force others into military or naval service; To force men into military or naval service; To coerce somebody into doing something that they are reluctant to do; If people are press-ganged, they are captured and forced to join the army or navy. They left their villages to evade being press-ganged into the army The government denies that the women were press-ganged. + press-ganging press-ganging the press-ganging of young people into the country's armed forces; If you are press-ganged into doing something, you are made or persuaded to do it, even though you do not really want to. I was press-ganged into working in that business She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged. = force; In former times, a press-gang was a group of men who used to capture boys and men and force them to join the navy. a group of people in the past who took young men away using force in order to make them come to work on a ship
pressgang: {n} a crew that press men into public service
press gang: a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy
pressgang: See Press gang, under Press