thrall
noun
[ θrɔːl ]
• the state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone.
• "the town in thrall to a villain"
Similar:
power,
clutches,
hands,
control,
grip,
grasp,
yoke,
enslavement,
bondage,
slavery,
subjection,
subjugation,
servitude,
tyranny,
oppression,
domination,
hegemony,
supremacy,
• a slave, servant, or captive.
Origin:
Old English thrǣl ‘slave’, from Old Norse thræll .
