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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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penal
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He was on the Sûreté list and was arrested in November 1930 and sentenced to 12 years penal servitude in September 1931.
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Justice Day sentenced them both to 20 years' penal servitude .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
penal servitude
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He was on the Sûreté list and was arrested in November 1930 and sentenced to 12 years penal servitude in September 1931.
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Justice Day sentenced them both to 20 years' penal servitude.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The 13th Amendment forbade slavery and involuntary servitude .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both his economic independence and his essential servitude were thus, at the same time, guaranteed.
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During his servitude Apollo made friends with the household, especially with the head of it and his wife Alcestis.
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Human servitude will disappear, for servitors in the form of machines, powered by steam and electricity, will take over.
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Justice Day sentenced them both to 20 years' penal servitude .
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Many of the most apparently distinguished honours are a reward for little more than longevity or political servitude .
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Passing an amendment to end slavery and actually banishing involuntary servitude are two different things.
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Sheldukher, absorbed in his map, seemed not to have noticed its newly acquired air of placid servitude .
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Those who chose servitude changed to do so.