slave labour
noun/ˌsleɪv ˈleɪbə(r)/
/ˌsleɪv ˈleɪbər/
(US English slave labor)
[uncountable]- work that is done by people kept as slaves; the people who do this work
- Huge palaces were built by slave labour.
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- (informal) work that is very hard and very badly paid
- I left because the job was just slave labour.
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