Usually means: Forcibly recruited into military service.
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  1. press-ganged: Merriam-Webster
  2. press-ganged, press-ganged: Collins English Dictionary
  3. press-ganged: Wordnik
  4. press-ganged: Wiktionary
  5. press-ganged: Dictionary.com
  6. Press-ganged: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. press-ganged: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. press-ganged: Encyclopedia



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