This is the 1925th most frequent French word.
recrutés
"Recrutés" means "recruited" in English.
In this sentence, 'recrutés' is the past participle of the verb 'recruter' used in the passive voice to indicate that new members were hired or added to a team in a recruitment process.
Les nouveaux membres ont été recrutés pour renforcer l'équipe.
The new members were recruited to strengthen the team.
Here, 'recrutés' appears as the masculine plural past participle of 'recruter,' agreeing with the plural subject 'ils' in the present perfect tense, indicating that experts were hired for the project.
Ils ont recrutés des experts pour ce projet.
They recruited experts for this project.
In this case, 'recrutés' functions as an adjective describing 'les joueurs,' emphasizing their status as recruited players who subsequently influenced the competition.