enslave
verb (used with object)
to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery or bondage.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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You will have enslaved yourselves, you will have immensely strengthened the forces opposed to you, and that is all.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville