Words Like PEONAGE

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6 definitions of peonage

1 A form of servitude existing in Spanish America. It prevailed especially in Mexico.

2 The holding, by illegal methods, of free negroes or whites in a condition of semi-slavery, specifically in the southern part of the United States: also applied to the abuse of the convict lease system in the South.

3 In India, service or employment of peons as messengers, etc.

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

5 the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged

6 the condition of a peon

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