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white slavery

white slavery noun: sexual slavery, particularly the forced prostitution of women of European ancestry.

Noun

white slavery (uncountable)

  1. Sexual slavery, particularly the forced prostitution of women of European ancestry.
    • 18 February 1990 "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat" season 2 episode 7 of Agatha Christie's Poirot: Hastings speaking to Poirot
      Maybe they're not as innocent as thet seem. Suppose they're tied up in some shady import-export business? Drugs, white slavery?
  2. (literal) Slavery or slave trading where the victims were of European ancestry.

Questions about white slavery

What does white slavery mean?
White slavery means sexual slavery, particularly the forced prostitution of women of European ancestry.
What part of speech is white slavery?
White slavery is a noun.

Words near white slavery in the dictionary

  1. White Sister
  2. white skin privilege
  3. white slave
  4. white slaver
  5. white slavers
  6. white slavery
  7. white slaves
  8. white slaw
  9. white slime
  10. white smoke
  11. white smoker

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