thrall
Plural
thralls
1
a condition of being in servitude, bondage, or subjugation, typically under the control of another person or entity
- The captured warriors were forced into thrall, serving their conquerors as laborers or soldiers.
- Under the tyrant's rule, the people lived in thrall, their freedoms stripped away and their lives dictated by fear.
- The protagonist's quest was to free his people from the thrall of the dark sorcerer who had enslaved them.
- Despite the abolition of slavery, many individuals remained in economic thrall to their former masters, trapped in cycles of debt and exploitation.
- The nation's citizens revolted against the oppressive regime, determined to break free from the thrall of dictatorship and establish a democratic government.
2
someone held in bondage