• a recently enlisted member of a military or paramilitary corps, still in training, as in :
  • Army recruit
    Army recruit
    Recruit or army recruit is a term often colloquially used to refer to the lowest military rank in various armed services. It usually implies that the soldier so labeled has not yet completed basic training....
    
    
  • Seaman Recruit
    Seaman Recruit
    Seaman recruit is the lowest enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just below seaman apprentice; this rank was formerly known as seaman third class...
    
    
• Recruit (Japanese company), the Japanese real estate and telecommunications company

Entertainment

• The Recruit (2003 film)
  The Recruit
  The Recruit is a 2003 American spy thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Colin Farrell, Al Pacino and Bridget Moynahan. It was released on January 31, 2003 in North America by Touchstone Pictures....
  
  : 2003 film starring Al Pacino
  Al Pacino
  Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
  
  
• Recruits (TV series)
  Recruits (TV series)
  Recruits is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 May 2009. A second season began on 29 July 2010.-Overview:...
  
  , a 2009 Australian factual television
  Factual television
  Factual television is a genre of non-fiction television programming that documents actual events and people. These type of programs are also described as documentary, observational documentary, fly on the wall, docudrama, and reality television...
  
   series about the New South Wales Police Force
• "The Recruit" (Dad's Army episode)
  The Recruit (Dad's Army episode)
  The Recruit is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British television sitcom Dad's Army that was originally transmitted on 12 December 1973.-Synopsis:...
  
  : 1973 British television episode
• CHERUB: The Recruit
  CHERUB: The Recruit
  The Recruit is the first novel in the CHERUB series, written by Robert Muchamore. It introduces most of the main characters, such as James Adams , Lauren Adams , Kyle Blueman and Kerry Chang...
  
  : 2004 novel
• "Recruits": a Canadian comedy movie from 1986 with a premise very similar to Police Academy
  Police Academy
  Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy...
  
  (1984)