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forced labor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (US, uncountable) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.
   • Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour. 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages[:] words & phrases born out of historical events great & small, 2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 17:
   • The outcry over forced labor is a serious blow to the ruling Communist Party. 2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in New York Times:
   • 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. 1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter XIX, 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:
   • All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. 1930, 19 U.S. Code § 1307 - Convict-made goods; importation prohibited:

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Translations (51)

vo mütavob (work which one is compelled to perform) · da tvangsarbejde (work which one is compelled to perform) · cmn 強迫勞動 /强迫劳动 (work which one is compelled to perform) · bo བཀོལ་སྤྱོད (work which one is compelled to perform) · it lavoro forzato (work which one is compelled to perform) · id kerja paksa (work which one is compelled to perform) · ru принуди́тельные рабо́ты (work which one is compelled to perform) · cmn 苦役 (work which one is compelled to perform) · de Zwangsarbeit (work which one is compelled to perform) · tr mecburi çalıştırma (work which one is compelled to perform) · hi बेगार (work which one is compelled to perform) · ru ка́торжные рабо́ты (work which one is compelled to perform) · tl sapilitang trabaho (work which one is compelled to perform) · el καταναγκαστική εργασία (work which one is compelled to perform) · ja 懲役 (work which one is compelled to perform) · ja 強制労働 (work which one is compelled to perform) · tr angarya (work which one is compelled to perform) · cs nucená práce (work which one is compelled to perform) · ota پرانقه (work which one is compelled to perform) · hu kényszermunka (work which one is compelled to perform) · ml നിർബന്ധിത തൊഴിൽ (work which one is compelled to perform) · cmn 懲役 /惩役 (work which one is compelled to perform) · sh prisilni rad (work which one is compelled to perform) · tr cebri çalıştırma (work which one is compelled to perform) · ro muncă silnică (work which one is compelled to perform) · pt trabalho forçado (work which one is compelled to perform) · ug مەجبۇرىي ئەمگەك (work which one is compelled to perform) · nl dwangarbeid (work which one is compelled to perform) · ca treball forçós (work which one is compelled to perform) · eo trudlaboro (work which one is compelled to perform) · ru ка́торга (work which one is compelled to perform) · ro muncă forțată (work which one is compelled to perform) · fa بیگاری (work which one is compelled to perform) · he עבודת כפייה (work which one is compelled to perform) · vi lao động cưỡng bức (work which one is compelled to perform) · es trabajo forzado (work which one is compelled to perform) · sk nútená práca (work which one is compelled to perform) · ms buruh paksa (work which one is compelled to perform) · fr travail forcé (work which one is compelled to perform) · ky мажбурлоо эмгеги (work which one is compelled to perform) · uk примусова праця (work which one is compelled to perform) · no straffarbeid (work which one is compelled to perform) · sv tvångsarbete (work which one is compelled to perform) · fi pakkotyö (work which one is compelled to perform) · ar عمل قسري (work which one is compelled to perform) · cmn 勞役 /劳役 (work which one is compelled to perform) · pl praca przymusowa (work which one is compelled to perform) · sl prisilno delo (work which one is compelled to perform) · bg принудителен труд (work which one is compelled to perform) · az məcburi əmək (work which one is compelled to perform) · hy հարկադիր աշխատանք (work which one is compelled to perform)