Sentence:  On this the Egyptian Government <WSD>crimped</WSD> negroes in the streets of Cairo, appointed the most notorious ex-slave-dealer in the Soudan to command them, converted policemen into soldiers, and announced that these negroes and policemen were to be sent to the Soudan 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.