exploitation
Noun
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subtypes:
- 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 act of capitalizing on an opportunity
- commercialisation, commercialization - the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce
- electrification - the act of providing electricity
- unitisation, unitization - the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies
same as: development -
is a type of: mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badlysubtypes:
- 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
- colonialism - exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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