sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
ˈswet-ˌshäp 
: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
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The sweatshop foreman may say that the little girls sewing sneakers have never been better taken care of, but their moist eyes say, Send help now.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
These probes revealed that brands frequently outsourced production to a network of subcontractors — many Chinese-owned — who utilized undocumented labor in sweatshop-like conditions to maximize profit margins.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
That ranges from agribusiness to sweatshop work to retail crime.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Images of child laborers and sweatshops undoubtedly compel some consumers to buy American.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
These probes revealed that brands frequently outsourced production to a network of subcontractors — many Chinese-owned — who utilized undocumented labor in sweatshop-like conditions to maximize profit margins.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
That ranges from agribusiness to sweatshop work to retail crime.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Images of child laborers and sweatshops undoubtedly compel some consumers to buy American.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
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sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
-ˌshäp
: a shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
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