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forced labor

noun

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  1. Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of…

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

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

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