blackbirding
Meaning of blackbirding
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
noun
The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
Information about blackbirding
- The plural form of blackbirding is: blackbirdings.
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Hyphenation of blackbirding
black-bird-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- blackbirding is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with blackbirding
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