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Recruit Recruiting Verb People Organization Select Persuade Join

word recruit
definition
verb
If you recruit people for an organization, you select them and persuade them to join it or work for it.
The police are trying to recruit more Black and Asian officers.
In recruiting students to Computer Systems Engineering, the University looks for evidence of all-round ability.
The museum is now hoping to recruit volunteers to help with its running.
...a Marine recruiter.
A bomb exploded at an army recruiting office.
noun
A recruit is a person who has recently joined an organization or an army.
inflections recruitsrecruitingrecruitedrecruiterrecruitersrecruiting
cefr-level B2

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