Enslave

//ɪnˈsleɪv// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall. transitive

    "The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that."

  2. 2
    make a slave of; bring into servitude wordnet

Synonyms

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accroachadoptappropriatearrogateassumebeat down

Antonyms

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rescue

Example

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"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."

Etymology

From en- + slave.

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