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convict labour

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meanings of convictand Labour


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convict
noun[C]
uk /ˈkɒn.vɪkt/ us /ˈkɑːn.vɪkt/
someone who is in prison because they are guilty of ...
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labour
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk /ˈleɪ.bər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ/
the Labour Party, the political party in Great Britain that believes in social equality, a more equal sharing out of wealth, and the rights ...
See more at Labour


Examples of convict labour


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Different types of labour were used to complete this task: convictlabour-who had been given hard labour as part of their prison sentence.
It is therefore not a fact that this convictlabour enters into any appreciable extent into the competing power of the imported potatoes.
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Are any of these cereals either grown, gathered or otherwise handled by convictlabour?
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I understand that labour of the kind in question is in no sense prison or convictlabour.
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If you object to the use of convictlabour by a corporation, hard luck again.
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I understand that at the moment afforestation is to some degree carried out by convictlabour, as is land reclamation.
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By tradition, in the olden days a great many public works were carried out in this and other countries by convictlabour.
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The provision speaks of the import of goods either manufactured, produced or mined by convictlabour.
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The difference between the two is one of machinery and of application to forced labour as well as to convictlabour.
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In short, where there is the will, there is no difficulty in disguising forced labour as convict labour and the two, therefore, must receive the same treatment.
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Would not that decision be worth taking into consideration in the case of goods imported into this country, when those goods have been produced by convictlabour?
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Convictlabour is being employed.
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The engineering was difficult, but with a ready supply of convictlabour on hand, the causeway was constructed with main force.
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The lighthouse was built by convictlabour using locally-quarried dolerite over two years.
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The factory was built using convictlabour from locally quarried sandstone and was completed in 1821 at the cost of 4,778.
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He was also the surveyor and overseer of convictlabour.
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The house he built with convictlabour is made of sandstone from the area.
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Built by convictlabour, the gaol operated between 1821 until the early 1960s.
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Public works during the convict era relied on convictlabour, which could only be provided if the convicts were healthy.
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Plans to use convictlabour to mine coal on the island in the 1840s were never realised.
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