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forced labour

forced labour is the alternative spelling of forced labor.

Meaning of forced labor

Noun

forced labor (uncountable)

  1. (US) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.
    • 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...

Questions about forced labour

What is forced labour the alternative spelling of?
Forced labour is the alternative spelling of forced labor.

Words near forced labour in the dictionary

  1. forced induction
  2. forced justified
  3. forced labor
  4. forced laborer
  5. forced laborers
  6. forced labour
  7. forced landing
  8. forced march
  9. forced marches
  10. forced medicine
  11. forced meme

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