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Ultimately, Hazzard was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to perform hard labor at a state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
So Saban should enjoy the fruits of his hard labor.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 15 Mar. 2024
His grandfather, a journalist and historian, was arrested in 1937, and forced to do hard labor in the Russian Far East.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
Legal Definition
hard labor
noun
: compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline
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