kazi ya kulazimishwa

How to say it

Meaning

Work that people are made to do against their will, under threat or punishment and usually without fair pay.

Good to know

Built from kazi, work, and kulazimishwa, to be forced. Used for colonial and wartime labor and for modern slavery in reports.

Examples

• Wakati wa ukoloni wengi walifanyishwa kazi ya kulazimishwa.In colonial times many were made to do forced labor.
• Sheria mpya inapiga marufuku kazi ya kulazimishwa.The new law bans forced labor.
• Babu alitueleza jinsi kazi ya kulazimishwa ilivyokuwa ngumu.Grandfather told us how hard forced labor was.

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