put to work

They would be put to work full-time, presumably for little or no pay, growing organic food.

People who are considered safer are less likely to be let out, arguably because they are more valuable as people who can be put to work.

They were instead put to work for little pay, mainly at a waste-recycling plant near Budapest, according to details of the investigation made public on Friday.

Members were put to work at Jesus Fellowship businesses, then bused into city centres at weekends to evangelise and encourage others to join the movement.

Dmitry Luksha built up muscles breaking rocks in a Belarusian prison camp, put to work alongside men convicted of murder and drug smuggling.