To coerce freeborn commoners into servitude or slavery; to force innocent people into a lowly and exploited status.
在旧社会，有些地方恶霸常常压良为贱，把无辜的百姓强行变为奴仆。
In the old society, some local despots often coerced free people into servitude, forcibly turning innocent commoners into servants.
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