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.

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.

noun. The act of exploiting or utilizing.

noun. The act of exploiting or utilizing.

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)

"Therefore, for the most part, when people use the term exploitation in reference to voluntary exchange, they simply disagree with the price."