"child labour" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} child labour (uncountable)
  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane. Tags: Canada, UK, uncountable Categories (topical): Children Synonyms: child labor [US] Related terms: labour law Translations (work performed by children): kinderarbeid (Afrikaans), puna e fëmijëve (Albanian), عمالة الأطفال (Arabic), մանկական աշխատանք (mankakan ašxatankʻ) (Armenian), esplotación infantil [feminine] (Asturian), haurren esplotazio (Basque), শিশুশ্রম (śiśusrom) (Bengali), 童工 (tónggōng) (Chinese Mandarin), dětská práce [feminine] (Czech), børnearbejde [neuter] (Danish), kinderarbeid [masculine] (Dutch), infanlaboro (Esperanto), lapstööjõud (Estonian), lapsityö (Finnish), travail des enfants [masculine] (French), traballo infantil [masculine] (Galician), Kinderarbeit [feminine] (German), παιδική εργασία (paidikí ergasía) [feminine] (Greek), બાળ કામદાર (bāḷ kāmdār) (Gujarati), העסקת ילדים (Hebrew), बाल-श्रम (bāl-śram) (Hindi), barnaþrælkun [feminine] (Icelandic), buruh anak (Indonesian), pekerja anak (Indonesian), labor infantil (Interlingua), lavoro infantile [masculine] (Italian), 児童労働 (Japanese), ಬಾಲಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ (bālakārmika) (Kannada), детски труд (detski trud) [masculine] (Macedonian), ബാലവേല (bālavēla) (Malayalam), बालश्रम (bālaśram) (Nepali), barnearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), barnearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), د ماشوم مزدوري کول (Pashto), کودکان کار (kudakân-e kâr) (Persian), praca dzieci [feminine] (Polish), trabalho infantil [masculine] (Portuguese), ਬਾਲ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ (bāl mazdūrī) (Punjabi), де́тский труд (détskij trud) [masculine] (Russian), detská práca [feminine] (Slovak), explotación infantil [feminine] (Spanish), trabajo infantil [masculine] (Spanish), barnarbete (Swedish), குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர் (kuḻantait toḻilāḷar) (Tamil), బాల కార్మికులు (bāla kārmikulu) (Telugu), แรงงานเด็ก (Thai), çocuk işçiliği (Turkish), дитяча праця (dytjača pracja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), lao động trẻ em (Vietnamese)

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          "roman": "bāla kārmikulu",
          "sense": "work performed by children",
          "word": "బాల కార్మికులు"
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          "sense": "work performed by children",
          "word": "แรงงานเด็ก"
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          "sense": "work performed by children",
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          "word": "дитяча праця"
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      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kudakân-e kâr",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praca dzieci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabalho infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bāl mazdūrī",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "ਬਾਲ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "détskij trud",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́тский труд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "detská práca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "explotación infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabajo infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "barnarbete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kuḻantait toḻilāḷar",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bāla kārmikulu",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "బాల కార్మికులు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "แรงงานเด็ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "çocuk işçiliği"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dytjača pracja",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дитяча праця"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "work performed by children",
      "word": "lao động trẻ em"
    }
  ],
  "word": "child labour"
}

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