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enslaves

  • present tense form of enslave (3rd person singular).

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Later, it did duty as a lower level of Nibelheim, where Alberich enslaves his fellow Nibelungs as the first step in his quest for world domination.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Then he pauses and sinks in his chair and answers himself, "It is a handcuff that enslaves poor workers."

From Salon • May 12, 2022

Speaking to supporters at the end of his Socialist Party's three-day congress in Valencia, Mr Sanchez said that the practice "enslaves" women.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2021

And he argues, of course, this point with regard to the African-American neighbors he enslaves, but he also applies that to the North.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2020

Love and ambition prompt him to provide abundantly for his children; he enslaves himself to give them those social advantages which he missed in youth.

From Religious Education in the Family by Cope, Henry Frederick