"slavery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsleɪvəri/ Audio: en-us-slavery.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slavery.wav [UK] Forms: slavery [singular], slaveries [plural]
Etymology: slave + -ery Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|slave|ery}} slave + -ery Head templates: {{noun|2=slaveries}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Slavery is the act of using or owning human beings as an object or as slaves, usually using them to do forced labor. It is a crime in most places in the world.
    Sense id: simple-slavery-en-noun-XKui71ak
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ery
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