exploiternoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.tər/us/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.t̬ɚ/someone who uses other people or things for his or her own profit or advantage
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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Examples from literature
- He is a merciless exploiter.
- His competitors, perhaps, were exploiters.
- No, he was a philanderer simply, an exploiter of women.
- Robert Owen was not a financial exploiter.
- The exploiter cannot see beyond the end of his nose.