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The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up.
Elizabeth Wurtzel

Meaning of "slave labour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLAVE LABOUR

slave labour  [sleɪv ˈleɪbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLAVE LABOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slave labour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLAVE LABOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slave labour

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation. Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies; in more recent times, slavery has been outlawed in all countries, but it continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage. Slavery is officially illegal in all countries, but there are still an estimated 20 million to 30 million slaves worldwide. Mauritania was the last jurisdiction to officially outlaw slavery, but about 10% to 20% of its population is estimated to live in slavery. Slavery predates written records and has existed in many cultures. Most slaves today are debt slaves, largely in South Asia, who are under debt bondage incurred by lenders, sometimes even for generations.

Definition of slave labour in the English dictionary

The definition of slave labour in the dictionary is the work done by slaves, or the slaves themselves. Other definition of slave labour is hard work for which you receive very little remuneration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLAVE LABOUR


antilabor
ˌæntɪˈleɪbə
belabour
bɪˈleɪbə
caber
ˈkeɪbə
ceiba
ˈseɪbə
kebar
ˈkeɪbə
labor
ˈleɪbə
labour
ˈleɪbə
labours
ˈleɪbə
Makeba
məˈkeɪbə
neighbor
ˈneɪbə
neighbour
ˈneɪbə
nonlabor
ˌnɒnˈleɪbə
overlabor
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
overlabour
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
prolabor
prəʊˈleɪbə
saber
ˈseɪbə
sabre
ˈseɪbə
tabor
ˈteɪbə
weber
ˈveɪbə
zeitgeber
ˈtsaɪtˌɡeɪbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLAVE LABOUR

slave
slave ant
Slave Coast
slave cylinder
slave driver
Slave River
slave ship
Slave State
slave trade
slave trader
slave trading
slave traffic
slave-driver
slaveholder
slaveholding
slaver
slaveringly
slavery
slavey

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLAVE LABOUR

aesthetic labour
bonded labour
casual labour
child labour
direct labour
division of labour
emotional labour
forced labour
free labour
harbour
hard labour
immigrant labour
indirect labour
lump labour
manual labour
New Labour
next door neighbour
organized labour
skilled labour
sweated labour

Synonyms and antonyms of slave labour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slave labour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLAVE LABOUR

Find out the translation of slave labour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slave labour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slave labour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奴工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajo esclavo
570 millions of speakers

English

slave labour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुलाम श्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمل سخرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рабский труд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho escravo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দাস শ্রমিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail esclave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekerja buruh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sklavenarbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奴隷労働
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노예 노동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Budak kerja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lao động nô lệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிமை உழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुलाम कामगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Köle emeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoro degli schiavi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

praca niewolnicza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рабська праця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sclavi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταναγκαστικής εργασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slawe-arbeid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slavarbete
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slavearbeid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slave labour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVE LABOUR»

The term «slave labour» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLAVE LABOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slave labour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slave labour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slave labour

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QUOTES WITH «SLAVE LABOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slave labour.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAVE LABOUR»

Discover the use of slave labour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slave labour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hitler's Slaves: Life Stories of Forced Labourers in ...
Most came from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, the Baltic countries, France, Poland and Italy. Among them were 8.4 million civilians working for private companies and public agencies in industry, administration and agriculture.
Alexander von Plato, Almut Leh, Christoph Thonfeld, 2010
2
The Injurious Effects of Slave Labour: an Impartial Appeal ...
SLAVE. LABOUR,. WHEN a people, educated with the principles and habits of freemen, blessed with the light of Christianity — who live under a Government of their own choice, and belong moreover to a great Commonwealth of free ...
‎1824
3
Hasag-Leipzig Slave Labour Camp for Women: The Struggle for ...
Here for the first time in the historiography of the Holocaust is the story of an international forced labour camp for women, the largest of the auxiliary women's camps attached to KZ Buchenwald in Germany.
Felicja Karay, 2002
4
Convict Workers: Reinterpreting Australia's Past
Colonial New South Wales has been characterised as a slave society and convictism as a slave labour system. While inexorably bound together, the two concepts of convictism and slavery are not identical, a point which has escaped both ...
Stephen Nicholas, 1988
5
The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the ...
The shift in the slave labour practices of previous centuries from marginal imported labour for domestic and agricultural work to slave labour for a wide range of activities was financed by the Gulf brokers and merchants (Indian, Jewish, Persian, ...
William Gervase Clarence-Smith, 2013
6
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834
CHAPTER 9 ORGANIZATION OF SLAVE LABOUR The slave master was determined, above all, to allocate the labour-time of his slaves as profitably as possible. The idea that slave economies were maintained, in the face of their essential ...
B. W. Higman, 1979
7
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... and the apprenticeship were at an end, would encourage free labour produce, and by heavy duties on the products of foreign slave countries, would virtually prohibit the importation into Great Britain of every article produced by slave labour.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1840
8
Wages Or the Whip: An Essay on the Comparative Cost and ...
An Essay on the Comparative Cost and Productiveness of Free and Slave Labour Josiah Conder. holding men in slavery, is worse than a crime ; it is a blunder ; not merely a wrong, but the most disgraceful of mistakes, a blunder in arithmetic.
Josiah Conder, 1833
9
Slavery in Dutch South Africa
Dr Worden shows how the slave economy developed in town and countryside, and discusses the dynamics of the slave market, the growth of land concentration, the harsh life on the farm, and the developing polarisation of rural race relations.
Nigel Worden, 1985
10
The British Quarterly Review
But this, we must remember, is not a fair comparison of the cost of free and slave labour. Few Irish, comparatively, come to the South. There is a natural aversion in the free labourer to put himself on a footing with a slave. Free labour, therefore ...
Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAVE LABOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slave labour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Firms to reveal action on ensuring slave labour is not being used
Thousands of Britain's biggest firms will be forced to reveal whether they have taken action to ensure they do not use child or slave labour under plans set out by ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
2
Brazil will use drones to fight slave labour in rural areas
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government plans to use drones to strengthen its fight against slave labour in rural areas, the Labour Ministry has said. Labour ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
3
Russia using North Korean 'slave labour', say human rights groups
Russia using North Korean 'slave labour', say human rights groups ... One of the few sources of badly-needed cash, is to supply overseas labour, so President ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Victorian Government to begin inquiry into labour exploitation
The Victorian Government says it will begin an inquiry into labour exploitation ... For people to be saying that there's slave labour in this country is a very strong ... «ABC Online, May 15»
5
Police charge four men in Cardiff slave labour investigation
Officers are urging anyone who has concerns about slave labour to get in touch. ... the 101 number or the national modern slavery helpline on 0800 0121 700. «The Guardian, May 15»
6
NT dole scheme slammed as slave labour
NT dole scheme slammed as slave labour ... proposed work-for-the-dole scheme is tantamount to slave labour, Aboriginal ... "It's a slave labour opportunity.". «The Australian, Dec 14»
7
Controversial Banksy 'Slave Labour' Graffiti at Auction
The mural called Slave Labour mysteriously vanished from its original site on a wall in north London in February before appearing on an auction list in Miami ... «Pursuitist, May 13»
8
Banksy's Missing Slave Labour Mural Set For Sale
Banksy's Missing Slave Labour Mural Set For Sale. The graffiti artist's controversial mural Slave Labour will be sold in London after it was withdrawn from auction ... «Sky News, May 13»
9
Zara probed over slave labour claims
Immigrant workers, including children, were discovered by the workers' rights group, La Alameda, producing clothes for the label in “degrading” sweatshop ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 13»
10
Now bring back Banksy boy: Slave Labour mural withdrawn from …
But a spokesman for auction house Fine Art Auctions Miami (FAAM) confirmed that Slave Labour and Wet Dog, a second Banksy work, had been withdrawn from ... «Evening Standard, Feb 13»

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