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serfs

noun as in slave

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Driven by the ideological and instrumental dictates of gangster capitalism, the logic of the market has reduced students to consumers, faculty to managed labor serfs and knowledge to a commodity.

From Salon

Some of the Russian coverage has taken a mocking tone, with pro-Kremlin NTV saying Trump treated America's allies in Europe as "serfs" who only respond with "moaning".

From BBC

Musk accused unions of creating "a lords and peasants sort of thing," as if allowing workers bargaining power turns executives into serfs.

From Salon

Displays blurred the lines between rebellion and refinement, presenting collections that navigated through time — evoking medieval serfs with a modern twist and embracing minimalist aesthetics reminiscent of the 1990s.

Leasehold dates back hundreds of years - before women even had the right to own property - to a time of lords and landowners, peasants and serfs.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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