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Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عمل قسري
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Armenian:
հարկադիր աշխատանք
(harkadir ašxatankʻ)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Azerbaijani:
məcburi əmək
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Bulgarian:
принудителен труд
(prinuditelen trud)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Catalan:
treball forçós
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Chinese Mandarin:
苦役
(kǔyì)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Chinese Mandarin:
勞役 /劳役
(láoyì)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Chinese Mandarin:
懲役 /惩役
(chéngyì)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Chinese Mandarin:
強迫勞動 /强迫劳动
(qiǎngpò láodòng)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Czech:
nucená práce
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Danish:
tvangsarbejde
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Dutch:
dwangarbeid
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Esperanto:
trudlaboro
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Finnish:
pakkotyö
— work which one is compelled to perform
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French:
travail forcé
— work which one is compelled to perform
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German:
Zwangsarbeit
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Greek:
καταναγκαστική εργασία
(katanagkastikí ergasía)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Hebrew:
עבודת כפייה
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Hindi:
बेगार
(begār)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Hungarian:
kényszermunka
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Indonesian:
kerja paksa
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Italian:
lavoro forzato
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Japanese:
懲役
(chōeki)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Japanese:
強制労働
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Kyrgyz:
мажбурлоо эмгеги
(majburloo emgegi)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Malay:
buruh paksa
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Malayalam:
നിർബന്ധിത തൊഴിൽ
(niṟbandhita toḻil)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Norwegian:
straffarbeid
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Persian:
بیگاری
(bigâri)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Polish:
praca przymusowa
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Portuguese:
trabalho forçado
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Romanian:
muncă silnică
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Romanian:
muncă forțată
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Russian:
ка́торга
(kátorga)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Russian:
ка́торжные рабо́ты
(kátoržnyje rabóty)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Russian:
принуди́тельные рабо́ты
(prinudítelʹnyje rabóty)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Serbo-Croatian:
prisilni rad
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Slovak:
nútená práca
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Slovene:
prisilno delo
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Spanish:
trabajo forzado
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Swedish:
tvångsarbete
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Tagalog:
sapilitang trabaho
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Tibetan:
བཀོལ་སྤྱོད
(bkol spyod)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Turkish:
angarya
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Turkish:
cebri çalıştırma
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Turkish:
mecburi çalıştırma
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Ottoman Turkish:
پرانقه
(pranka)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Ukrainian:
примусова праця
(prymusova pracja)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Uyghur:
مەجبۇرىي ئەمگەك
(mejburiy emgek)
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Vietnamese:
lao động cưỡng bức
— work which one is compelled to perform
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Volapük:
mütavob
— work which one is compelled to perform