Answer: This practice is known as IMPRESSMENT/ PRESS-GANG.
Explanation: Impressment can be defined as "the act of seizing for public use".
This was practiced by the British and they used it to capture U.S. sailors into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.
It was a practice that directly affected the U.S. and was even one of the causes of the War of 1812.
