hard labour

hard labour
hard labour noun
Physical labour as an additional punishment to imprisonment, abolished in 1948
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Main Entry:hard
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hard labour
Compulsory work imposed in addition to imprisonment, abolished in the UK in 1948
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Main Entry:labour

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hard labour UK US noun [uncountable]
very hard physical work that some people have to do when they are in prison as a punishment
Thesaurus: punishment in prisonhyponym

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ˌhard ˈlabour [hard labour] (especially US ˌhard ˈlabor) noun uncountable
punishment in prison that involves a lot of very hard physical work

He was sentenced to ten years' hard labour.


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