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halfulglas

(1,654 posts) Fri Jul 2, 2021, 04:12 PM Jul 2021

The closest might be serf, but that is the status of the person.

Not the act that inflicted upon them. Besides, with money you can automatically rise about the status and escape the territory. The term iteself doesn't inflict immediate fear.