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exploitation

[ek-sploi-tay-shuhn] / ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
taking advantage
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Tina Wolfson, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said the case also centers on Meta’s surveillance of people’s lives without their consent and the exploitation of their image and likeness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Holly now researches child criminal exploitation and the care system at the University of Sheffield.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Bank of America has specialists trained to spot financial exploitation so they can work with at-risk clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"We investigate the evolution of domestication in animals, which also gives us information to improve the exploitation of insects for consumption, both as animal feed and for human consumption," Librado concludes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

And Europe’s chancelleries for the next century played a chess game of naked exploitation and power from Cape Horn to Cairo.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Popeye also gives us a window into how a character’s entry into the public domain doesn’t require subsequent exploitations to adhere to his or her original conception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

While Michael Jackson was scarred by his father’s tyrannical exploitations, Beyoncé fired her father, took possession of the torch, and kept on perfecting.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2021

Mr. Plummer’s résumé, which stretched over seven decades, was at least colossal, if not nonpareil, encompassing acting opportunities from some of dramatic literature’s greatest works to some of commercial entertainment’s crassest exploitations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021

“I know there are exploitations that have happened, but not in South Dakota,” Rep. Linda Duba, a Sioux Falls Democrat, said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

These expeditions were not merely commercial exploitations, although there was plenty of that.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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