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What does the term ”impressment” mean
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What does the term ”impressment” mean

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the act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.
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The term impressment can refer to the taking of men into a military or naval force without warning or notice.

In England in the 19th century it was commonly used by the navy.
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