Antonyms for bonded laborbond·ed la·bor

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1. bonded labornoun

   Synonyms:
   debt bondage

2. bonded labornoun

   A form of indenture in which a loan is repaid by work, the worker being unable to leave until the debt is repaid

   Synonyms:
   debt bondage

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Princeton's WordNet

1. bonded labornoun

   a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States

How to use bonded labor in a sentence?

1. Syeda Ghulam Fatima:

   This is a big step for laborers that this has received so much attention, and that their voices have reached a global stage and we are being heard. With this we hope to end bonded labor in Pakistan.

2. Flavia Agnes:

   There are laws against bonded labor and against abuse, but these are poor, low-caste workers who are afraid of the higher-caste owners, they have to go back to the same fields to work. They have no option.

3. Chandan Kumar:

   The kilns themselves are mostly illegal, so keeping track of them is hard and they keep no records, there's a lot of trafficking and bonded labor in the industry, but it is a profitable business and owners are usually politically connected, so the authorities turn a blind eye.

4. Ashok Jangale:

   The government, the police think bonded labor is when someone is tied up in chains or locked inside a room. They don't even acknowledge that these workers are bonded, we tell the workers they have a right to be paid, to not be beaten or abused, to have time off, to send their kids to school.

5. Chandan Kumar:

   There's a lot of trafficking and bonded labor in the industry, but it is a profitable business and owners are usually politically connected, so the authorities turn a blind eye.

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