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child labor

The definition of child labor is children who are put to work full-time when they are under the legal age or working illegally.

(noun)

An example of child labor is a five-year-old working in a factory.

See child labor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)

See child labor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The full-time employment of children who are under a minimum legal age.

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