单词	biopiracy
释义	biopiracy noun bio·​pi·​ra·​cy ¦bī-(ˌ)ō-¦pī-rə-sē  : the unethical or unlawful appropriation or commercial exploitation of biological materials (such as medicinal plant extracts) that are native to a particular country or territory without providing fair financial compensation to the people or government of that country or territory The 60-year-old scientist was dwelling in semi-isolation, having … lost his job at a Brazilian research institute and been charged with a raft of offenses, including misusing government property and violating Brazil's biopiracy laws. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian, February 2008 Turmeric is a poster child for one of the most noted intellectual-property cases on biopiracy, which pitted an Indian government-supported research organization against a 1995 patent issued to the University of Mississippi for the use of the spice for wound healing. Gary Stix, Scientific American, February 2007 biopirate ¦bī-(ˌ)ō-¦pī-rət  noun plural biopirates Indigenous people are at the mercy of biopirates who steal their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. Stephen Leahy, New Scientist, 28 Feb. 2004 Word History First Known Use 1993, in the meaning defined above
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