0 to force someone to remain in a bad situation : --
The early settlers enslaved or killed much of the native population.
We are increasingly enslaved by technology.
Guilt enslaved her.
1 to control someone by keeping the person in a bad or difficult situation where the person is not free, or to make a slave (= person legally owned) of someone --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.