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1. The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   "the exploitation of copper deposits";
   - development
    
2. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
   "capitalistic exploitation of the working class";
   - victimization, victimisation [Brit], using

Derived forms: exploitations

Type of: employment, exercise, mistreatment, usage, use, utilisation [Brit], utilization

Encyclopedia: Exploitation