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exploitation
 
Noun exploitation has 2 senses
  1. exploitation, development - 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"
    --1 is a kind of use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
    --1 has particulars:
     land development; water development, water project, water program; overexploitation, overuse, overutilization, overutilisation; capitalization, capitalisation; commercialization, commercialisation; electrification; unitization, unitisation
    Derived forms: verb exploit3, verb exploit2, verb exploit1
  2. exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using - 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"
    --2 is a kind of mistreatment
    --2 has particulars: sexploitation; colonialism
    Derived form: verb exploit1
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