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

How to pronounce Exploitation?

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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. 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.

2. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Hernandez:

   Camimpeg's services are broad, from exploitation and drilling of oil wells and distribution of their product to the treatment of raw materials, preparation of the area to be exploited, support, logistics, extraction of minerals, transport of valuables.

3. The CEO:

   Encryption is a powerful tool for privacy, but that includes the privacy of people doing bad things, when billions of people use a service to connect, some of them are going to misuse it for truly terrible things like child exploitation, terrorism, and extortion.

4. The Treasury Department on Thursday:

   These actions reaffirm the U.S. government's commitment to impose costs on the Lukashenka regime for enabling corruption, human rights abuses, inhumane exploitation of vulnerable people and orchestration of irregular migration, and attacks against democratic freedoms and international norms.

5. Justice Department prosecutor Ralph Paradiso:

   They all got together and they sexually exploited children, they reveled in that sexual exploitation.

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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