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• n  the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
  the exploitation of copper deposits
• n  an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
  capitalistic exploitation of the working class

• It's about people whose lives have been affected by the unsustainable and destructive exploitation of resources.
• On Saturday, April 18, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly handed President Obama a copy of Eduardo Galeano's seminal left-leaning tome on the foreign exploitation of Latin .
• Both England and France are bending every effort to explore their African lands, develop better means of communication and begin the exploitation of the Dark Continent's natural.

• development
• victimization
• victimisation
• using

News & Articles

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• Clinton man indicted for sexual exploitation
  CLINTON — A Clinton man indicted on aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor charges remained in the Anderson County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of bonds totaling $50,000.
  June 12, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel
• U.S. State Dept. calls on nations to end child labor, exploitation
  WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday called for the international community to adopt national policies to eliminate child labor and child exploitation.
  June 12, 2013 - UPI
• Brian Stowe charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of a child
  Already facing 62 state felony charges, Brian Stowe is charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of a child for making sexually explicit recordings of an unconscious 17-year-old girl.
  June 12, 2013 - Wisconsin State Journal

Quotes

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• Cherie Blair in The Associated Press
  Across the world, widows suffer dreadful discrimination and abuse,Blair said. "In too many cases they're pushed to the very margins of society, trapped in poverty and left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation."
• Antonio in Modern Ghana
  Europeans believe that slavery was abolished centuries ago. But look around - slaves are in our midst. We must do more to reduce demand for slave-made products and exploitation,Mr. Costa added.
• Edward Kennedy in Forbes
  Year after year, we've had the broken borders,said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. "Year after year, we've seen the exploitation of workers. Year after year, we've seen the people who live in fear within our own borders. This is the...