Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exploitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exploitation \Ex`ploi*ta"tion\, n. [F.]
The act of exploiting or utilizing. --J. D. Whitney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exploitation
n 1: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable
or productive or useful: "the development of Alaskan
resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn:
{development}]
2: an act that exploits or victimizes someone [syn: {victimization},
{victimisation}, {using}]
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