Noun
hard labour (uncountable)
Alternative form of hard labor
A landowner could punish his serfs at his discretion, and under Catherine the Great gained the ability to sentence his serfs to hard labour in Siberia, a punishment normally reserved for convicted criminals. Source: Internet
After two years in prison with hard labour, Wilde went into exile in Paris, sick and depressed, his reputation destroyed in England. Source: Internet
“Being a farmer is hard labour and the work doesn’t end at the end of the day, it is continuous and they face a lot of hardships such as getting rid of pests, diseases among the plants and lack of freshwater and equipment for their crops,” he said. Source: Internet
Bosman was sentenced to death for the crime and was sent to Death row at the Pretoria Central Prison. citation But his sentence was later reduced to ten years with hard labour. Source: Internet
In 1955 Kaunda and Nkumbula were imprisoned for two months with hard labour for distributing subversive literature; such imprisonment and other forms of harassment were normal rites of passage for African nationalist leaders. Source: Internet
A 19 year-old jobless man has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit court for defiling a nine-year-old girl. Source: Internet