Exploitation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exploitation \Ex`ploi*ta"tion\, n. [F.]
     The act of exploiting or utilizing. --J. D. Whitney.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  exploitation
       n 1: 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" [syn:
            {development}]
       2: 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" [syn: {victimization}, {victimisation},
           {using}]