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"conscripted by" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to be forced into military service. Example: During World War II, many young men were conscripted by the government to fight on the front lines.
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(Maybe they've been conscripted by the Third Reich!
This is the brave, collaborative elegiac act to which we are conscripted by Levin's work.
I can understand the desire not to have your life conscripted by race.
"I was conscripted by the story, and I was writing it at all times — whenever there was any opening.
She identified him as her son, and explained that he had been forcibly conscripted by the Tigers in 2002.
At 12 he was conscripted by his big brother, a busboy, into working as a pot washer.
Salima was conscripted by the rebel army to serve as a "concubine" for the troops for months.
She has been present, both physically — "amidst the millions in Tahrir" — and virtually — "conscripted by the tweets of the #Jan25 People's Revolution".
A teenage lemon-ice vendor in Naples is conscripted by local criminals to watch over a young woman who has caused them some unspecified trouble.
I'm always ill at ease when I find myself conscripted by the media into the role of Expert on some subject about which I have rashly written.
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During the Eastern Han, peasants could avoid the month of annual conscripted labor by paying a tax in commutation (gengfu 更賦).
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