hard labour

noun

1. criminal law (formerly) the penalty of compulsory physical labour imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment: abolished in England in 1948

Example Sentences

He had been in prison for three weeks at the time after being handed a two-year prison sentence with hard labour.

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A second judicial official with knowledge of the investigations said two of those convicted were sentenced to eight and seven years of hard labour respectively.

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Kateryna, who lives in Aylesbury, says a doctor helped her with a "hard labour".

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A rare video obtained by BBC Korean last year, believed to be filmed in 2022, shows two teenage boys publicly sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching and distributing K-dramas.

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He was later sentenced to hard labour, but kept his job at the newspaper, according to a family statement.

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