Meanings of reduce to serfdom in English

It reduces to serfdom not only those against whom it is directed, but also those who seek to apply it.

The conquered Messenians were reduced to serfdom, and their condition made as degrading and bitter as that of the Helots of Laconia.

In the conquered regions, the native Christian peoples were reduced to serfdom, and the Turkish conquerors became great landholders and the official class.

Under the serf, they would suffer additional taxes, until they were driven from the land, or themselves reduced to serfdom and even slavery.