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 In fiction, whenever anyone has a position they need filled, rather than putting out a want ad or interviewing potential candidates, they'll simply grab the first person they see and ''force'' them to help.
-Though this is usually played for comedy, it was used seriously by [[Real Life]] navies; the practice of grabbing men off the streets and forcing them to become sailors was known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressment impressment]. When impressment was abolished, it would later be replaced by the practice of "shanghaiing" on non-military vessels in need of able-bodied men.
+Though this is usually played for comedy, it was used seriously by [[Real Life]] navies; the practice of grabbing men off the streets and forcing them to become sailors was known as [[wikipedia:Impressment|impressment]]. When impressment was abolished, it would later be replaced by the practice of "shanghaiing" on non-military vessels in need of able-bodied men.
 See also [[Got Volunteered]].
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