Press-gang, sometimes known as impressment, was the act of conscripting people to serve in the navy or aboard pirate ships. It was commonly used by the British Royal Navy as of the early 17th century. The related term referring specifically to the merchant navy practices of shanghaiing; using trickery to coerce sailors into joining a crew.
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