backdoor draft
n.— «That’s a draft…a backdoor draft. That’s compulsory military service…against the individual’s will.» —“Uncle Sam still wants them” by Bettijane Levine Orlando Sentinel (Florida) Nov. 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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