enslave

Even then, it would be a far cry from enslavement, where everything produced is stolen by an outside power.
The Right’s Slavery Obsession|Jamelle Bouie|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Any attempt to encroach on it, even by an iota, will ultimately lead to our enslavement by a federal tyranny.
Gun-Control Foes Misunderstand the Intent of the Second Amendment|Jack Schwartz|December 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Free votes can supplant villains with worse villains, corruption, and brutality with tyranny and enslavement of women.
Leslie H. Gelb on Egypt, Syria: Take a Deep Breath, America|Leslie H. Gelb|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Which means the degradation and enslavement of nations and of men.
God and the State|Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin

The enslavement of the Hebrews, the flight, the journey through the wilderness existed only in the imagination of ignorance.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Is it really scandalised by such trifles as the repudiation of our debts, and the enslavement of our fellow creatures?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various
The Jesuit wanted the Indian to himself, and fought against the interference or enslavement by the lay Portuguese.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson
But a compromise was arranged between the Pope and the Crown in which both united in the spoliation and enslavement of the Church.
History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)|John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for enslavement

enslave

/ (ɪnˈsleɪv) /

verb

(tr) to make a slave of; reduce to slavery; subjugate

Derived Formsenslavement, nounenslaver, noun

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Word Origin and History for enslavement

enslavement

1690s, from enslave + -ment.

enslave

1640s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + slave (n.). Related: Enslaved; enslaving.

enslave

verb (used with object), en·slaved, en·slav·ing.

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