exploitation

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exploitation

/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explicō (“unfold, deploy”). By surface analysis, exploit + -ation.

noun exploitations

countable, uncountable The act of utilizing something; industry. the exploitation of natural resources
countable, uncountable The improper use of something for selfish purposes. the exploitation of children in beauty pageants
countable, uncountable The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right. Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation.
countable, uncountable The marketing and promotion of a film. This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […]
countable, uncountable A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups. […]certainly it is not an adventure story, either, as McKernan seems to suggest, an exploitation novel aiming to attract readers through the use of "the odd," "the perverse," or "the exotic."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: victimisation, victimization, using, development, exploitative, exploit, manipulation, develop, advantage, deprive, explore, looting, exploration, plundering, uptake, plunder

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noun act of exploiting

Español	explotación
한국어	착취 chakchwi
日本語	搾取 sakushu
中文	剝削 /剥削 bōxuē, bōxuè, 開發 /开发 kāifā
हिन्दी	शोषण śoṣaṇ
Kiswahili	unyonyaji
Português	exploração
Français	exploitation
Deutsch	Ausbeutung
Italiano	sfruttamento, valorizzazione
Ελληνικά	εκμετάλλευση ekmetállefsi
Română	exploatare, exploatație
Русский	эксплуата́ция ekspluatácija, испо́льзование ispólʹzovanije, примене́ние primenénije
العربية	اِسْتِغْلَال istiḡlāl

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@misc{exploitation_2026,
  title = {exploitation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exploitation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}