Block's case has continued for five years and he has gone from being a successful businessman to being almost bankrupt and is virtually enslaved by his dependence on the lawyer and Leni, with whom he appears to be sexually involved.

They had virtually enslaved an entire quadrant of the galaxy.

The underground economy - a world that is off the books and unregulated - has virtually enslaved thousands of vulnerable immigrants, exploiting their desperation by forcing them into the worst jobs for the worst pay.

She is virtually enslaved at first by her fellow Africans, something Mr. Ibrahima said is not uncommon.

Nearly every month in the Balkans, there are seizures of substantial quantities of heroin and raids on brothels, where dozens of women have been virtually enslaved.

It is suggested by The Big Fat Kill that during this time, Old Town's female residents were subjugated and virtually enslaved under the combined malign influence of politics, pimps and mobsters.

The woman had taken him to a black township, he said, where he was virtually enslaved by the black family that raised him.

There are a lot of native Panamanians and Indians in that area who have been virtually enslaved by The Twisted Cross.

As with many Amazonian peoples, they were virtually enslaved and used as cheap labor to collect rubber.

In fact, he is virtually enslaved by them.