: compulsory labor of imprisoned criminals as a part of the prison discipline
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Many are taken advantage of due to their lack of education, forced into hard labor on a rich man’s estate.—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026 In the Mesopotamian creation myth, the Anunnaki, the Big Gods, and the Igigi, the Little Gods, drew sticks to decide who would do the hard labor of digging the channel that would become the Euphrates river.—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 In light of recent allegations, the holiday now pays tribute to generations of workers whose hard labor too often goes unseen.—Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 The story of how so many Irish came to call this corner of Pennsylvania their own stretches back nearly three centuries, shaped by famine and faith, hard labor and hard politics, and a tenacity that left its mark on nearly every institution the city holds dear.—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hard labor