单词 | white-slave |
释义 | white-slavev. transitive. To sell or force (a person, esp. a girl or woman) into white slavery (white slavery n.). Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (transitive)] > sell into prostitution white-slave1914 1914 Life 1 Jan. 26/1 They are sweated, white-slaved, child-labored, lied about..and exploited with impunity. 1952 C. Hamilton Men of Underworld 221 I'm not going to have some little chippy getting sore at me and running out and saying she's been white-slaved. 1970 ‘J. Quartermain’ Diamond Hook xvi. 99 If you stop me.., I'll white-slave Jessie to South America. 1998 J. Milne Alive & Kicking xv. 110 Were they white slaving out of Wapping Wharf? 2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Radar section) 2 There should be 11 in this group and we've only got 10 of you. Who's been white-slaved? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1914 |
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