slave labor

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slave′ la′bor, 

1. Business persons, esp. a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp;
   a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
2. Business labor done by slaves.
3. any coerced or poorly remunerated work:
   Typing at that salary is slave labor.
• 1810–20
slave′-la′bor, adj.