forced labor

Definitions

Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.

US, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The power which the government possesses, by means of forced labour, of at once opening good roads throughout the country, has been, I believe⟳, one main cause of the early prosperity of this colony.”

“All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.”

“Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.”

“The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow⟳ to the ruling Communist Party.”

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