dragooned
Pressed into service
Dragooned is the past tense of dragoon, meaning to coerce or force someone into doing something through harassment or pressure.
The word comes from dragoons—mounted infantry soldiers historically used to intimidate civilian populations.
He was dragooned into helping with the move.
She dragooned her colleagues into attending the fundraiser.
Urged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- strong-armedCoerced through force
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
- browbeatenSubdued by persistent pressure
forced · compelled · conscripted · pressed · shanghaied · impressed · commandeered · arm-twisted
Involuntarily enlisted for duty
- enlistedSigned up formally
- recruitedBrought into service
- impressedAffected by admiration
- draftedEnlisted by requirement
mustered · levied · mobilized · inducted · called up · shanghaied · commandeered · requisitioned
pressured
Urged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- strong-armedCoerced through force
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
browbeaten · forced · compelled · conscripted · pressed · shanghaied · impressed · commandeered · arm-twisted · railroaded
conscripted
Involuntarily enlisted for duty
drafted · mustered · levied · mobilized · inducted · called up · shanghaied · commandeered · requisitioned · marshaled
dragoonedvolunteered
Gave services unpaid
opted in · signed up · consented · chose · self-selected