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exploitation

[ek-sploi-tey-shuhn] / ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
taking advantage
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“Britain cannot escape its role in enabling this web of exploitation,” Brown wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

Surely, writing one’s name amid the clouds is a gleeful exploitation of the buildings’ arrested progress, laying claim to one of the few spaces where nature and the city reliably meet.

From Los Angeles Times

Only nine of the active permits are exploitation licences authorising production and mining.

From Barron's

Adams said that if they allowed athletes to wear kit commemorating those killed in war, it would open the Games to exploitation.

From BBC

"It's an exploitation of my identity and my personal data," the 57-year-old actress told AFP.

From Barron's