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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of voluntell.

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Examples

  • Of those in attendance, how many troops were "voluntold" to go?

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Regarding the Feb. 3 letter "Time to retire Tops In Blue": Since the writer's experience with Tops in Blue is being "voluntold" to attend a show, allow me to refute his suggestions.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • I recently judged a local writing contest [I was "voluntold" to do this by my mama, who is secretary of the organization and was running out of helpers].

    CHE > Latest news 2010

  • Regarding the Feb. 3 letter "Time to retire Tops In Blue": Since the writer's experience with Tops in Blue is being "voluntold" to attend a show, allow me to refute his suggestions.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Regarding the Feb. 3 letter "Time to retire Tops In Blue": Since the writer's experience with Tops in Blue is being "voluntold" to attend a show, allow me to refute his suggestions.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • If we define the customer as the military servicemembers who enjoy these shows and are not "voluntold" to attend, then add up the costs for the performances, charge ticket fees and let the people decide with their money how valuable the shows are.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Of those in attendance, how many troops were "voluntold" to go?

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Regarding the Feb. 3 letter "Time to retire Tops In Blue": Since the writer's experience with Tops in Blue is being "voluntold" to attend a show, allow me to refute his suggestions.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • My guess is Hillier was given an ultimatum: He was 'voluntold' to take early retirement or be ignominiously fired.

    rabble.ca - News for the rest of us 2009

  • Many of the Marines were, as they humorously put it, "voluntold" to show up for their Sunday morning stint at the stadium.

    The Orange County Register - Homepage 2009

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  • Forcibly volunteered. I'm voluntold about office meetings fairly frequently.

    May 20, 2008

  • And picnics :-(

    July 22, 2008

  • Truly.

    July 29, 2008

  • When someone forces you to volunteer, term used in the military Volunteer+Told

    September 30, 2008