forced labor

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forced labor (uncountable)

  1. (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.
    Hyponyms: hard labor, unfree labor
    • 1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter XIX, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC:
      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.
    • 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066 The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages words & phrases born out of historical events great & small, 2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 17:
      Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.
    • 2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in New York Times:
      The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow to the ruling Communist Party.

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References

  • "forced labor" in Encarta® World English Dictionary © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
  • "forced labor" in Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics © Alan V. Deardorff, 2000, 2001.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "forced."
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