Definition of Peonage
Peonage
pe·on·age
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(noun)
the practice of keeping laborers or workers in servitude and making them work to pay off their debts;
e.g. He was held in peonage for many years.
(noun)
a system of labor in which convicts are made to perform labor for contractors;
e.g. The prison participates in peonage and makes the inmates perform manual labor.
(noun)
the state or condition of being a person who performs menial labor (a peon);
e.g. She doesn't enjoy her peonage but she needs the money.
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