Cryptic crossword clue
The writer’s depriving Labour of work burden 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word IMPOSITION

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What does IMPOSITION mean?

IMPOSITION noun
  1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
  2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
  3. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
  4. Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
  5. A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
  6. A task imposed on a student as punishment.

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