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Noun: slave labor
Usage: US (elsewhere: slave labour)
  1. Use of slaves to do work
    "The ancient pyramids were built using slave labor";
    - slave labour [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. [US, informal] The employment of workers for small amounts of money to do tedious tasks
    "The company was accused of using slave labor in its overseas factories";
    - slave labour [Brit, Cdn, informal]

Encyclopedia: Slave labor