"slave labour" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} slave labour (uncountable)
  1. Using slaves to do work Tags: UK, uncountable Categories (topical): Slavery Synonyms: slave labor Translations (work performed by slaves): slavearbejde [neuter] (Danish), Sklavenarbeit [feminine] (German), sclábhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), അടിമവേല (aṭimavēla) (Malayalam), അടിമപ്പണി (aṭimappaṇi) (Malayalam), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-slave_labour-en-noun-jPRpqW2J Disambiguation of Slavery: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'work performed by slaves': 83 17
  2. (figuratively) The employment of workers for meagre pay to do tedious tasks. Tags: UK, figuratively, uncountable Translations (hard work for meagre pay): slavearbejde [neuter] (Danish), അടിമപ്പണി (aṭimappaṇi) (Malayalam), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), slavearbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-slave_labour-en-noun-4XyNwOJa Disambiguation of 'hard work for meagre pay': 18 82

Alternative forms

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