Definition of exploitation Exploitation

/ɛˌksplɔjˌtejˈʃʌn/ - [eksployteyshun] - ex•ploi•ta•tion

We found 7 definitions of exploitation from 6 different sources.

What does exploitation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: exploitations
exploitation - 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"
		development
		utilisation, utilization, usage, employment, exercise, use the state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization"
		land development making an area of land more useful
		water development, water program, water project making an area of water more useful
		overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilization exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
		capitalisation, capitalization the sale of capital stock
		commercialisation, commercialization the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce; "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"
		electrification the act of providing electricity; "the electrification of rural Tennessee"
exploitation - 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"
		victimization, victimisation, using
		mistreatment the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"
		blaxploitation the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)
		sexploitation the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material; "sexploitation by advertisers is notorious"

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Wiktionary

exploitation (Noun)
The act of exploiting or utilizing.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

exploitation (n.)
The act of exploiting or utilizing.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

exploitation
The act of employing some area of land or water in a way that is more profitable or productive or useful.

Wikipedia

Exploitation means using things that are available in order to benefit from it. It is usually used in a bad sense, although it can be used in a good sense as well.

If a person exploits a situation it means that they realize that they can use the situation to do something which will be good for them. Very often this also means that it will be bad for other people.

People can be exploited. This means that someone else uses the people's knowledge or skills in order to make them do something for them. Socialists (or communists) often talked about the "exploitation of the masses" when they were saying that Capitalism was bad. They meant that a few rich people were using all the working people to do hard work for them so that they themselves could become rich.