Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Impressment \Im*press"ment\, n.
   The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into
   public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of
   provisions or of sailors.

         The great scandal of our naval service -- impressment
         -- died a protracted death.              --J. H.
                                                  Burton.

Source : WordNet®

impressment
     n : the act of coercing someone into government service [syn: {impress}]