recruited

2 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to persuade someone to work for a company or become a new member of an organization, especially the army:

Charities such as Oxfam are always trying to recruit volunteers to help in their work.

Even young boys are now being recruited into the army.

Having slimmed to around 1,400 staff, the company is now recruiting again.

an army recruiting centre/officer