as in interned
required by a contract to work for a certain period of time
immigrants who came to the U.S. as indentured servants 200 years ago
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Recent Examples of indentured
The young man probably arrived from England in the 1630s as a cabin boy or an indentured servant.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Both the levelers among the founders and their critics agreed on where the wealth necessary for the new nation would come from: the expropriation of Native Americans, as well as from slave and indentured labor.
—Danielle Allen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
But most indentured people really weren’t given a choice.
—Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 19 June 2020
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Both the levelers among the founders and their critics agreed on where the wealth necessary for the new nation would come from: the expropriation of Native Americans, as well as from slave and indentured labor.
—Danielle Allen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
But most indentured people really weren’t given a choice.
—Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 19 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indentured
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Gladiators were chosen from the fringes of society Gladiators were drawn from a range of backgrounds, including enslaved people, condemned criminals, and prisoners of war.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Tamar Avishai: Captured in rough-hewn bronze, enslaved people are shown in various states of panic and desperation with shackles around their necks.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
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As the ball sailed through the air, his team’s fate hanging in the balance, Kaylin Moore seemed bound to be an observer to destiny.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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The couple had difficulty believing Nola could scale a fence in a single bound, mainly because the dog rarely jumped inside the house.Kelli Bender, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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There is also a section on the American pilots held captive here, and the late Sen. John McCain's flight suit is part of the museum's collection.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
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The traveler is often captive to the slow-moving, and the marvelous, and the memorable, in strangeness.Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Indentured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indentured. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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