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Meaning of press-gang | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.

Equivalents

Deutsch zwangsrekrutieren zwingen

Suomi pakkovärvätä shanghaijata

Nederlands ronselaarsbende

Examples

“"If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze."”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Press-on press-to-talk press-to-transmit press-up pressback pressboard