1 (enlist) (Mil) reclutar; [+staff] contratar men whose main desire was to be recruited into the army the Navy's failure to recruit officer candidates from working-class families
[+new members] buscar they are actively recruiting older workers the police are trying to recruit more black and Asian officers the professionals needed to run the plants cannot be recruited locally he is also keen to recruit more teachers from abroad they set out to recruit a team of the brightest minds available
extreme-right activists have again been trying to recruit new members, frequently targeting schools
he was recruited into the army at 18 lo reclutaron con 18 años; they recruited me to help me reclutaron para que ayudara
to recruit sb [to do sth] they recruited him to act as a drug courier mothers and fathers could be recruited to help sisters and brothers were recruited to go out on sponsored walks in an effort to raise enough money he helped to recruit volunteers to go to Pakistan to fight to recruit sb [for] sth to recruit people for an experiment she is recruiting supporters for her cause today, the government was forced to concede that it had played some role in recruiting women for prostitution he set about recruiting contributors for the new magazine to recruit sb [to] [into] sth we need to recruit young people into the profession Bill was the first person I recruited to the company she set up her stand to recruit students to the Anarchist Association thousands of teachers are facing redundancy at a time when there's a crisis over recruiting new staff to the profession
2 (obtain, seek out) [+help] reclutar; [+talent] buscar you may need to recruit some extra help to recruit new business Simon showed himself good at recruiting new talent donors are often recruited from among medical school and university students
