forced labor
Noun
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Noun
forced labor (uncountable)
- (American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 19 "Australia,"
- 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.
- 2007, David Lague, "China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology," New York Times, 23 June,
- The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow to the ruling Communist Party.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 19 "Australia,"
- French: travaux forcés
- German: Zwangsarbeit
- Portuguese: trabalho forçado
- Russian: ка́торга
- Spanish: trabajo forzado
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