Definitions for Exploitation
ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃənex·ploita·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 8 votes

1. exploitation, developmentnoun

   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"

2. exploitation, victimization, victimisation, usingnoun

   an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

   "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.1 / 8 votes

1. exploitationnoun

   The act of exploiting or utilizing.

2. Etymology: exploitation

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exploitation

   Exploitation refers to the act of unjustly using something or someone for one's own advantage or benefit, often without giving fair return. This could refer to natural resources, individuals, consumer behavior, labor conditions, inequalities, among others, and usually involves an imbalance of power and misuse of it.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. Exploitationnoun

   the act of exploiting or utilizing

2. Etymology: [F.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exploitation

   This article discusses the term exploitation in the meaning of using something in an unjust or cruel manner.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exploitation

   1. Taking full advantage of success in military operations, following up initial gains, and making permanent the temporary effects already achieved. 2. Taking full advantage of any information that has come to hand for tactical, operational, or strategic purposes. 3. An offensive operation that usually follows a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth. See also attack; pursuit.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exploitation

   Using a person or situation to benefit personally from.

   Foster homes in the beginning were exploiting the children.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on August 19, 2019  

Matched Categories

1. • Mistreatment
   • Use

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Exploitation' in Nouns Frequency: #2539

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Exploitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Exploitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Exploitation in a Sentence

1. The WWF:

   Many of these private tiger owners aren't properly trained to care for wild animals, making the animals vulnerable to mistreatment and exploitation, often these facilities will allow public contact with the tigers, including photo ops and playtimes with tiger cubs.

2. Ahn Myeong-chul:

   So now these funds are being used for Kim Jong Un's secret fund and nationwide construction projects like the ski resort and water park, this form of exploitation existed in the past, but it doubled or even tripled since Kim Jong Un stepped in.

3. Evelyn Stauffer:

   The number of families and unaccompanied alien children apprehended are a symptom of the larger problem, namely a broken immigration system, their ages and the hazardous journey they take make unaccompanied alien children vulnerable to human trafficking, exploitation and abuse. That is why HHS joins the President in calling on Congress to reform this broken system.

4. Martin Luther:

   We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices, capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, both here and abroad.

5. Forest McDonald:

   Americans who had traveled in Europe knew the 'free' European peasants suffered considerably greater oppression and misery than did American bondsman. Modern scholarship has shown that the exploitation rate -- the percentage of the worker's production that was taken from him by his owners -- was lower among the slaves than among European peasants, that work loads were light, and that slaves actually experienced a considerable measure of personal freedom.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Exploitation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exploitation
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Exploitation
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Exploitation
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf