feudal

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China says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom" and denied wrongdoing.

From Reuters

China denies wrongdoing there and says its intervention ended "backward feudal serfdom."

From Reuters

The anthropologist Taylor Genovese warns that corporate colonies on Mars would be a means of creating a feudal system, with a work force trapped on another planet.

From New York Times

These rights evolved in feudal England to grant landless villagers access to the lord of the manor’s lands for civic activities that had been conducted since “time immemorial,” such as ritual maypole dancing.

From Washington Post

Athletes are challenging the feudal tyrannies of exploitive federations, leagues, associations and organizing committees.

From Washington Post