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press gang
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press gang
(formerly) a detachment of men used to press civilians for service in the navy or army


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They will be press-ganged on to the pleasure cruiser Fortuna, on October 15, in aid of Action for Children.
Pirates help charity fund by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
His diary includes descriptions of day-to-day life, as well as his experiences as a press-ganged seaman and prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars, and the words of sea shanties.
Rare insight into life under Nelson; North sailor's journal is sold by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
But a group of foreigners forced to commit crimes every day has not been deemed worth a mention - the trafficked women and girls brought to Britain then press-ganged into prostitution.
A world of pain; VICE SHAME OF FOOTBALL SHOWCASE by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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