1. to make someone a slave; to force someone into slavery
2. to control someone completely; to make someone completely dependent
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The dictator enslaves his own people through fear and oppression.
• Historically, many societies enslaved captured prisoners of war.
• Addiction enslaves the mind and destroys free will.
• The tyrant enslaves anyone who opposes his rule.
• Technology sometimes enslaves us rather than freeing us.
• Debt can enslave a person for years.
• The plantation owner enslaved hundreds of workers.