forced labor

English

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Noun

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 19, 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 228675426:
      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.

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References
  • "forced labor" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (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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