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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Riccardo Noury, a spokesman for Amnesty International Italy, said his agency had documented cases of torture, rape, forced labor and other crimes in prisons overseen by Mr. Njeem.
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Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Those charges, brought in September 2024, include accusations of kidnapping, arson, forced labor and obstruction of justice and have Combs sitting in solitary confinement in a Brooklyn detention center without bail.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in the western region of Xinjiang, including the mass use of surveillance and forced labor in camps.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
The pair are facing more than a dozen felony counts including civil rights violations, human trafficking, forced labor and gross child neglect, the news agency stated.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Those charges, brought in September 2024, include accusations of kidnapping, arson, forced labor and obstruction of justice and have Combs sitting in solitary confinement in a Brooklyn detention center without bail.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in the western region of Xinjiang, including the mass use of surveillance and forced labor in camps.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
The pair are facing more than a dozen felony counts including civil rights violations, human trafficking, forced labor and gross child neglect, the news agency stated.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Forced labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forced%20labor. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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