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If Bill and Ted showed up in a bid to pressgang Mikey-boy Faraday into their troupe of historical figures, they'd probably implode under a torrent of 'woooahs' and 'excellents'.— Londonist
The last war between England and France had just begun; the pressgang were busy along the coast obtaining men for the navy.— Won from the Waves
At length he received a letter from Ben saying that he had been seized by a pressgang, and that he was on board a frigate destined for the East India station.— Won from the Waves
The dread he felt of being overtaken by a pressgang, or by the seamen of his own ship, whom he thought might be sent in pursuit, made him walk all the faster.— The Rival Crusoes
One fellow was hauled back just as he had got outside, and in a short time every male inmate of the house was captured Rapid as the pressgang had been in their movements, the alarm had been given outside, and a mob was already collecting in the street, evidently with the intention of rescuing the prisoners.— The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley
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