To insnare
,—to enlist men for his Majesty’s service, by decoying them into houses of ill-fame, then by beating them, and by every species of cruelty forcing them to accept a shilling.
,—to enlist men for his Majesty’s service, by decoying them into houses of ill-fame, then by beating them, and by every species of cruelty forcing them to accept a shilling.
Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.