slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
slavelike
-
a word derived from
slave.
Example Sentences
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All corporations should have the responsibility to ensure their products and the components of those products are not manufactured in slavelike conditions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2020
He recounts the controversies surrounding the slavelike working conditions at overseas contract factories, but has little to say about the industry’s environmental impact.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
I took this to mean that she worked under slavelike conditions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2017
My children honor me in their hearts as much as do those who are kept in slavelike subjection.
From The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt by J. R. (John Reinhard) Weguelin
The admiration of fools they love, and the praise of a slavelike people, but they would sooner be hated by mankind than be ignored and forgotten as is their due.
From Tales of War by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
