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Webster 1913 Edition

Exploitation

Exˊploi-ta′tion

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Noun.

[F.]

The act of exploiting or utilizing.

J. D. Whitney.

Definition 2024

exploitation

exploitation

English

Noun

exploitation ‎(plural exploitations)

The act or result of exploiting or utilizing.
The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

Related terms

Translations

act

Bulgarian: експлоатация (bg) f ‎(eksploatacija)
Czech: využití n
Dutch: uitbuiting (nl) f, exploitatie (nl) f, uitbaten (nl) n
Finnish: riisto (fi)
French: exploitation (fr) f
German: Ausbeutung (de) f
Hungarian: kizsákmányolás (hu)
Irish: dúshaothrú m

Polish: wykorzystanie (pl) n, wyzysk (pl) m (pejorative), spożytkowanie n
Portuguese: exploração (pt) f
Romanian: exploatare (ro) f, exploatație (ro) f
Russian: эксплуата́ция (ru) f ‎(ekspluatácija), испо́льзование (ru) n ‎(ispólʹzovanije), примене́ние (ru) n ‎(primenénije)
Spanish: explotación (es) f
Swahili: unyonyaji
Tagalog: panghuhuthot

French

Etymology

exploiter +‎ -ation, Medieval Latin exploitationem

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛks.plwa.ta.sjɔ̃/

Noun

exploitation f ‎(plural exploitations)

exploitation