Exploitation

Exploitation - Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explicō (“unfold, deploy”).

Noun

exploitation (countable and uncountable, plural exploitations)

1. The act of utilizing something; industry. quotations ▼
2. The improper use of something for selfish purposes. quotations ▼

the exploitation of children in beauty pageants

3. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a natural right.

Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation.

4. The marketing and promotion of a film.