enslave

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Verb

enslave (enslaves, present participle enslaving; past and past participle enslaved)

1. (transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.
   • 1982, Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills

     Selling them whiskey and taking their gold.
     Enslaving the young and destroying the old.

Synonyms

• beslave, bethrall, enslaven

Related terms

• slave
• slavened
• slavery

Translations

• French: asservir, esclavagiser
• German: versklaven
• Italian: asservire
• Portuguese: escravizar
• Russian: порабоща́ть
• Spanish: esclavizar

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