Phrase guide

forced labor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عمل قسري — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Armenian: հարկադիր աշխատանք (harkadir ašxatankʻ) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Azerbaijani: məcburi əmək — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Bulgarian: принудителен труд (prinuditelen trud) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Catalan: treball forçós — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦役 (kǔyì) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞役 /劳役 (láoyì) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懲役 /惩役 (chéngyì) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強迫勞動 /强迫劳动 (qiǎngpò láodòng) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Czech: nucená práce — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Danish: tvangsarbejde — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Dutch: dwangarbeid — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Esperanto: trudlaboro — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Finnish: pakkotyö — work which one is compelled to perform
  • French: travail forcé — work which one is compelled to perform
  • German: Zwangsarbeit — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Greek: καταναγκαστική εργασία (katanagkastikí ergasía) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Hebrew: עבודת כפייה — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Hindi: बेगार (begār) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Hungarian: kényszermunka — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Indonesian: kerja paksa — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Italian: lavoro forzato — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Japanese: 懲役 (chōeki) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Japanese: 強制労働 — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Kyrgyz: мажбурлоо эмгеги (majburloo emgegi) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Malay: buruh paksa — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Malayalam: നിർബന്ധിത തൊഴിൽ (niṟbandhita toḻil) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Norwegian: straffarbeid — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Persian: بیگاری (bigâri) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Polish: praca przymusowa — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Portuguese: trabalho forçado — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Romanian: muncă silnică — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Romanian: muncă forțată — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Russian: ка́торга (kátorga) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Russian: ка́торжные рабо́ты (kátoržnyje rabóty) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Russian: принуди́тельные рабо́ты (prinudítelʹnyje rabóty) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Serbo-Croatian: prisilni rad — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Slovak: nútená práca — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Slovene: prisilno delo — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Spanish: trabajo forzado — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Swedish: tvångsarbete — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Tagalog: sapilitang trabaho — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Tibetan: བཀོལ་སྤྱོད (bkol spyod) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Turkish: angarya — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Turkish: cebri çalıştırma — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Turkish: mecburi çalıştırma — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Ukrainian: примусова праця (prymusova pracja) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Uyghur: مەجبۇرىي ئەمگەك (mejburiy emgek) — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Vietnamese: lao động cưỡng bức — work which one is compelled to perform
  • Volapük: mütavob — work which one is compelled to perform