exploitation
noun
ex·ploi·ta·tion
ˌek-ˌsplȯi-ˈtā-shən 
: an act or instance of exploiting
exploitation of natural resources
exploitation of immigrant laborers
clever exploitation of the system
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But over exploitation often followed, leading to depletions and extinctions.
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Federal immigration authorities have deported a Nicaraguan national following an undercover child-exploitation investigation, according to a senior government official.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The use of such property without consent, credit or compensation is exploitation, not innovation.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Though Combs’ defense argued that his acquittals on the most serious charges precluded the court from considering the women’s claims of coercion, Judge Arun Subramanian said the women’s claims of violence and exploitation were major factors in the prison sentence of four years and two months.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Federal immigration authorities have deported a Nicaraguan national following an undercover child-exploitation investigation, according to a senior government official.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The use of such property without consent, credit or compensation is exploitation, not innovation.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Though Combs’ defense argued that his acquittals on the most serious charges precluded the court from considering the women’s claims of coercion, Judge Arun Subramanian said the women’s claims of violence and exploitation were major factors in the prison sentence of four years and two months.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exploitation
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“Exploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploitation. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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