'Exploitation' definitions:
Definition of 'exploitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
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: exploitation, development]
noun
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: exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using]
Definition of 'Exploitation'
From: GCIDE
- Exploitation \Ex`ploi*ta"tion\, n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing. --J. D. Whitney. [1913 Webster]