Definition of "inducted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of induct. (verb)

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• "However, since the Republican noise machine is so concerned about my "well-being" and that of America's students, they'll be relieved to know that I was not "inducted" into homosexuality, assaulted, raped, or sold into sexual slavery."
• "First up, since we "inducted" Bob Hope back in the "Proto-Hall", before the TVXOHOF actually existed, it seemed like the only other viable candidate with strong ties to the holiday was:"
• "He was "inducted" on the 24th of April, 1649, and there some four weeks later he died, suddenly it would seem, from heat-apoplexy brought on by his exertions during a pilgrimage."