exploitation

noun ex·ploi·ta·tion \ ˌek-ˌsplȯi-ˈtā-shən \

Updated on: 14 May 2018

Definition of exploitation

: an act or instance of exploiting

exploitation of natural resources

exploitation of immigrant laborers

clever exploitation of the system

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Jeffery Erwin Giessen, 65, remains in the Hall County jail without bond on a child exploitation charge, according to records.

— raisa habersham, ajc, "Man charged with sexual exploitation of a child," 1 May 2018
The highest-ranking reptile is the Madagascar big-headed turtle, which is at risk due to human exploitation for food and trade.

— zahid mahmood, CNN, "Australian 'genital-breathing' turtle faces extinction, group says," 12 Apr. 2018
The company also faces continued scrutiny over its failure to prevent exploitation of its network by Russians using fake news and fake accounts.

— billy house, Bloomberg.com, "Zuckerberg to Testify Before House Panel on April 11," 4 Apr. 2018
Soderbergh shows us some pretty gnarly stuff, verging close to exploitation.

— richard lawson, HWD, "Claire Foy Gives a Star Turn in Harrowing Unsane," 23 Mar. 2018
This can create power imbalances that make junior employees vulnerable to exploitation, whether it’s harassment, pay inequality, or something else.

— amanda arnold, The Cut, "Creator of Sh*tty Architecture Men List Wants to Make Sexual Predators Afraid," 15 Mar. 2018
The former Spanish international is accused of three crimes of tax fraud between 2010 and 2012, for income related to the exploitation of his image rights.

— afp, chicagotribune.com, "Spanish court accuses former player Alonso of tax evasion," 15 Mar. 2018
Newton has been openly vocal about the exploitation of and violence against women.

— sarah midkiff, refinery29.com, "The Women Of Westworld Are Not Here For Empowerment Tropes," 11 Mar. 2018
To be silent would be to give tacit approval to the exploitation and destruction of one race by another through systematic oppression and racial ignorance.

— kiratiana freelon, The Root, "‘Genocide of Black People’: The Killing of Afro-Brazilians by Police Is an Injustice Marielle Franco Was Fighting to End," 26 Apr. 2018

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