exploitation

[ ek-sploi-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.

selfish utilization: He got ahead through the exploitation of his friends.

the combined, often varied, use of public-relations and advertising techniques to promote a person, movie, product, etc.

Origin of exploitation

From French, dating back to 1795–1805; see origin at exploit², -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM exploitation

ex·ploi·ta·tion·al, adjectiveex·ploi·ta·tion·al·ly, adverbnon·ex·ploi·ta·tion, nouno·ver·ex·ploi·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby exploitation

explode, exploded view, explodent, exploding star, exploit, exploitation, exploitation film, exploitative, exploration, explorationist, exploratory

Example sentences from the Web for exploitation

Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is rootless and stateless, having little in the way of rights or protection from exploitation.
The Young Girls Escaping the ISIS War|Chandra Kellison|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 1978 movie Coma explored deep-rooted fears about exploitation and medical advances in organ donation.
‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream|Candida Moss|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Naina is now a community mobilizer, helping other girls break the cycle of exploitation.
Lucy Liu: Child Trafficking Must End Now|Lucy Liu|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Exploitation from well-meaning agencies whose mission is to offer help is counterproductive.
Breaking: Grindr-ing Leads to Gonorrhea|Brandy Zadrozny|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Had they no resistance at all to exploitation, or any concept for it?
The Ties That Bind|Walter Miller
He is destined to grow still richer and more powerful as he extends his organization for the purposes of exploitation abroad.
The American Empire|Scott Nearing
Our friend's theory is certainly ingenious and novel, and goes far to prove that exploitation is not an unmitigated evil.
Cannibals all!|George Fitzhugh
The socialization of the Standard Oil industry would simply mean the elimination of capitalistic control and exploitation.
Twentieth Century Socialism|Edmond Kelly
Instruction improves the cattle to be exploited but the exploitation remains.
The Place of Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution|Pierre Kropotkin