English Explanatory Dictionary

angariation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. coercion

Word forms

angariation angariations

Etymology

From Latin angariatio, from Latin angaria (“service to a lord, villenage”), from Ancient Greek (a Persian word) for a courier for carrying royal dispatches.

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