Exploitation

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  • noun. The act of employing to the greatest possible advantage.
  • noun. Utilization of another person or group for selfish purposes.
  • noun. An advertising or publicity program.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of exploiting, making use of, or working up; utilization by the application of industry, argument, or other means of turning to account: as, the exploitation of a mine or a forest, of public opinion, etc.
  • noun. Specifically The act of exploiting solely for one's own purposes or advantage; selfish use or employment, regardless of abstract right; self-seeking utilization: as, the exploitation of the weak by the strong, or of the laborer by the capitalist. Also exploitage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of exploiting or utilizing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of exploiting or utilizing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
  • noun. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
  • Word Usage
    "Therefore, for the most part, when people use the term exploitation in reference to voluntary exchange, they simply disagree with the price."
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