# Pitting Max\_S

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2022-02-08T00:26:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074/778 "2022-05-27T04:07:07Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> It’s not, if an inmate is sentenced to work, it is indentured servitude by definition.

While technically true (and [I understand the link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convicted-of-a-crime-sold-into-chattel-slavery/949829/64)), in my experience colloquial useage of “indentured servitude” does not imply penal labor.

~Max

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