sweatshop
noun
a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
sweatshops
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pluralof sweatshop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At the moment, someone might be driving an SUV, might be eating lots of meat and might buying clothes that were made in sweatshops.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2023
The multinational technology company Apple Inc. has faced intense criticism in recent years for its use of foreign-owned sweatshops in Asia.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
She bounced around from L.A. factory to L.A. factory, avoiding wage theft and dodging sweatshops, before finally finding a job as a buttonhole operator on a production line, earning a decent wage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
Charles Kernaghan, who showed how U.S. aid subsidized the construction of sweatshops in developing countries, is dead at 74.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Shirts and trousers without the union label came from sweatshops like the one where Fannie had worked.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
