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servitude

[sur-vi-tood, -tyood] / ˈsɜr vɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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The Cubans would be engaged in a voluntary exchange rather than servitude.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

"Normally in an employment tribunal, the worker has been dismissed, they have no income, they have nothing to live on, and a delay of five years is effectively economic servitude for that person."

From BBC May 20, 2026

Critics of conscription argued that forcing individuals into military service under threat of imprisonment was a clear example of involuntary servitude.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2026

“RICO is a very rigid and difficult law to satisfy,” said Mitchell Epner, a former assistant US Attorney in New Jersey who worked on numerous sex trafficking and involuntary servitude cases.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2025

"And Landor got penal servitude and died in prison."

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie




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