English Explanatory Dictionary

busification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The controversial practice of forced conscription of draft-age men in public in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukraine war.

Word forms

busification

Etymology

Calque of Ukrainian бусифіка́ція (busyfikácija). Can be analysed as bus + -ification, referring to the use of buses to force draft-age men in Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion.

Related words

mogilization
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