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Meanings of exploitation in English

Portuguese
exploração
Catalan
explotació
Spanish
explotación social

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

exploração
Portuguese
exploração
Catalan
explotació
Spanish
explotación

The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.

exploração
Russian
экономическая эксплуатация
Portuguese
exploração
Spanish
explotacion
Catalan
explotació social

The act of treating one's workers unfairly for one's own benefit.

Related terms
экономическая эксплуатация
Usage of exploitation in English
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However, it is early days for the commercial exploitation of this technology.
The Guardian
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Marimuthu's case follows a pattern of exploitation in the region, activists said.
Reuters
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Rights groups say this leaves workers across the region open to exploitation.
Reuters
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Education during emergencies also protects children from exploitation and poverty, it said.
Reuters
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Today, she urged the workers to learn their rights to avoid exploitation.
The Irish Times
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They are at risk of human trafficking and horrific abuse and exploitation.
The Guardian
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The abuse can range from financial exploitation to physical harm and neglect.
Reuters
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Without a legal voice, marginalised people were vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
Radio NZ
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Exploration and commercial exploitation of the West African coast followed soon enough.
Wired
10
My protest is over the exploitation of workers in the service industry.
Fight Club
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Agriculture also opened the way for social stratification, exploitation and possibly patriarchy.
The Guardian
12
Pleasantries and promises can be the means by which exploitation takes place.
Jamaica Observer
13
The exploitation of Indigenous peoples continues today and colonialism is still rife.
The South African
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This regime of technologies was built by design without concerns about exploitation.
The South African
15
Complaints received cite biased labour practices, unfair dismissals, and general worker exploitation.
The South African
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So the President's exploitation of the tax issue has come full circle.
The new yorker
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Translations for exploitation
Exploitation through the time
Exploitation across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
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