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Peonage

//ˈpiːənɪdʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.

    "But there was work to be done down in the Salinas Valley where César Chávez was organizing the grape pickers and lettuce workers out of their state of un-unionized peonage."

  2. 2
    the practice of making a debtor work for their creditor until the debt is discharged wordnet
  3. 3
    the condition of a peon wordnet

Etymology

From peon + -age.

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