Usually means: Coercive recruitment for labor exploitation.
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  1. blackbirding: Merriam-Webster
  2. blackbirding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. blackbirding: Wordnik
  4. blackbirding: Wiktionary
  5. blackbirding: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Blackbirding, blackbirding: Dictionary.com
  7. Blackbirding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. blackbirding: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Blackbirding: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Blackbirding: World Wide Words

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  1. blackbirding: Encyclopedia

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  1. blackbirding: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.

Similar:
ouzel, merle, New World blackbird, merl, ousel, european blackbird, turdus merula, blackbirder, birdcatching, muttonbirding, more...

Opposite:
whitewashing, integration, inclusion

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Similar:
ouzel, merle, New World blackbird, merl, ousel, european blackbird, turdus merula, blackbirder, birdcatching, muttonbirding, more...

Opposite:
whitewashing, integration, inclusion



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