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levy: the act of drafting into military service; a charge imposed and collected; impose and collect; "levy a fine"

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extort collapse: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"; obtain through intimidation

collectivize collapse: bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises

communize collapse: make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks"; make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government"

nationalize collapse: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"; make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"

confiscate collapse: surrendered as a penalty

prorate collapse: divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"; make a proportional settlement or distribution

expropriate collapse: deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"

pry loose from collapse

force from collapse

tear from collapse

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

Geronimo collapse: Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

banzai collapse: a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph

inductee collapse: a person inducted into an organization; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame"

blackmail collapse: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information; obtain through threats; exert pressure on someone through threats

raw recruit collapse: an inexperienced and untrained recruit

commandeer collapse: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

conscript collapse: enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"

drafting collapse: the craft of drawing blueprints; writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

trainee collapse: someone who is being trained

taxation collapse: the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state

tax return collapse: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

tax exemption collapse

surtax collapse: an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed; levy an extra tax on; "surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000"

eminent domain collapse: the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

impressment collapse

bugle call collapse: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle

watchword collapse

conscription collapse: compulsory military service

recruitment collapse: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

gung ho collapse: very enthusiastic and dedicated

ratable collapse: liable to payment of rates or taxes; "the ratable value of property"

slogan collapse

rookie collapse

enrollment collapse

requirement collapse: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

induct collapse: introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"; place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"; admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society"

socialize collapse: make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!"; prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in school"; train for a social environment; "The children must be properly socialized"; take part in social activities; interact with others; "He never socializes with his colleagues"; "The old man hates to socialize"

garnishment collapse: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

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