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Definition of "slavelike" []

  • Resembling a slave, or resembling conditions of slavery (adjective)

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Use "slavelike" in a sentence
  • "One presumes that the Lamonts did so because of Walmart being profitable to their stockholders, those willing to make a buck off the suffering of slavelike sweat shops in third world countries and conditions, and the erosion of American worker's jobs ... all of which come from the same business practices that Lamont publicly blasted this week."
  • "The Huffington Post may be carrying a piece with a different emphasis which is perfectly fine, but this one is about the slavelike devotion of the corporate media to the storylines being spun by right wing operative Drudge on his site."
  • "In defense of his order to nationalize, the government cited the positive role of the steel workers in opposing the coup, the ‘slavelike’ work conditions and the export strategies, which denied the domestic construction industry the steel it needed for highpriority homebuilding."
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