forced labor
noun
1
: very hard physical work that someone is forced to do
The prisoners endured years of forced labor.
2
: a group of people who are made to work very hard for no money
also
: a system that allows this
The railroad was built with/by forced labor.
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Human rights groups have documented inhumane conditions at detention facilities and migrant camps, including torture, forced labor and rape.
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Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In France and other occupied countries, men who returned from prison camps and forced labor in Germany wondered how women without any means of support had managed to survive and began to suspect them of relationships with enemy soldiers or black marketeers.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
However, forced labor allegations related to one of Diddys employees would not be permitted, per court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The second superseding indictment leveled an additional allegation that the rap mogul subjected his employees to forced labor under inhumane circumstances.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In France and other occupied countries, men who returned from prison camps and forced labor in Germany wondered how women without any means of support had managed to survive and began to suspect them of relationships with enemy soldiers or black marketeers.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
However, forced labor allegations related to one of Diddys employees would not be permitted, per court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The second superseding indictment leveled an additional allegation that the rap mogul subjected his employees to forced labor under inhumane circumstances.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for forced labor
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“Forced labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forced%20labor. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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