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    [Noun]  | "pe*on*age" | \ ˈpē-ə-nij \


    1: the use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt

    2: a system of convict labor by which convicts are leased to contractors

    3: the condition of a peon


    Origin: 1844 ;

     {see: |peon|peon} + {see: |-age|-age};

     [ "peonage" ]

    1: Peonage is a system of convict labor.

      * e.g.,  ... Peonage is part of systemic racism. 

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