exploitation

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃ^ən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ek′sploi tā′shən)

ex•ploi•ta•tion (ek′sploi tā′shən),USA pronunciation n.

use or utilization, esp. for profit:the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
selfish utilization:He got ahead through the exploitation of his friends.
Businessthe combined, often varied, use of public-relations and advertising techniques to promote a person, movie, product, etc.

French; see exploit, -ation
1795–1805

ex′ploi•ta′tion•al, adj.
ex′ploi•ta′tion•al•ly, adv.

ex•ploit¹ /ˈɛksplɔɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a striking or notable deed;
feat.

ex•ploit² /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]

to use for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
to use selfishly for one's own ends:a company that exploits its workers with low pay and no benefits.

ex•ploi•ta•tion /ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

ex•ploit¹ (ek′sploit, ik sploit′),USA pronunciation n.

a striking or notable deed;
feat;
spirited or heroic act:the exploits of Alexander the Great.

Latin explicitum, neuter of explicitus (past participle). See explicit
Old French exploit, Anglo-French espleit
Middle English exploit, espleit 1350–1400

achievement.

ex•ploit² (ik sploit′),USA pronunciation v.t.

to utilize, esp. for profit; turn to practical account:to exploit a business opportunity.
to use selfishly for one's own ends:employers who exploit their workers.
to advance or further through exploitation;
promote:He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.

Anglo-French espleiter, derivative of espleit (noun, nominal). See exploit¹
French exploiter, derivative of exploit (noun, nominal); replacing late Middle English expleiten to achieve
1375–1425

ex•ploit′a•ble, adj.
ex•ploit′a•bil′i•ty, n.
ex•ploit′er, n.

'exploitation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

animal rights - camouflage - farce - liberation theology - op art - Rachmanism - blaxploitation - consumption - Desert Culture - economic geology - exploit - feeding frenzy - improvement - Marxism - mining geology - ocean engineering - predatory - pro-growth - ripoff - vampirism - video art - sexploitation - speciesism - surrealism

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Collocations: [human, migrant, animal] exploitation, the exploitation of [slaves, workers, children], the exploitation of [child, migrant] workers, more...

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trainers cost a few pence to make through the exploitation of workers

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