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exploitation

noun

ex·​ploi·​ta·​tion ˌek-ˌsplȯi-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce exploitation (audio)
: an act or instance of exploiting
exploitation of natural resources
exploitation of immigrant laborers
clever exploitation of the system

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Eracleo, who had worked for the department since 2005, was found to have violated several department policies and was also investigated for claims related to the financial exploitation of an Acton resident, police said. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 The Senate Democrats just passed a historic climate package and not one Republican senator voted for it, despite their endless exploitation of the crime problem. Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2022 The story is a microcosm of Parisian society at the end of the 19th century, and highlights issues of fashion, advertising, town planning, as well as the role of women and their exploitation by department-store managers. Joseph Sassoon, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Its film-within-a-film, bump-and-grindhouse gambit doubled the exploitation fun while subverting norms of female sexuality, upending the male gaze and resurrecting that most lurid throwback, the deranged nymphomaniacal hag. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 Others pulled Corn Kid into broader narratives about the internet and exploitation. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2022 The case against Thompson was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the DOJ and led by U.S. attorneys and the criminal division’s child exploitation and obscenity section. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2022 This exploitation is rooted in Ukraine’s history as the heart of the former Soviet Union’s defense industry. Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 Union organizers and other advocates say such wage theft and other exploitation is common in the fast food industry, particularly for women and racial minorities who make up many of California's more than half-million fast food workers. Don Thompson, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from exploiter "to exploit entry 2" + -ation -ation

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exploitation was in 1795

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