exploitation

English Thesaurus

1. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	mistreatment,
definition	:	the practice of treating (someone or something) badly (noun.act)

hyponym	:	blaxploitation,
definition	:	the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	sexploitation,
definition	:	the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material (noun.act)

hyponym	:	colonialism,
definition	:	exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country (noun.act)

2. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (noun.act)

hypernym	:	employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization,
definition	:	the act of using (noun.act)

hyponym	:	land development,
definition	:	making an area of land more useful (noun.act)

hyponym	:	water development, water program, water project,
definition	:	making an area of water more useful (noun.act)

hyponym	:	overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilization,
definition	:	exploitation to the point of diminishing returns (noun.act)

hyponym	:	capitalisation, capitalization,
definition	:	the act of capitalizing on an opportunity (noun.act)

hyponym	:	commercialisation, commercialization,
definition	:	the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce (noun.act)

hyponym	:	electrification,
definition	:	the act of providing electricity (noun.act)

hyponym	:	unitisation, unitization,
definition	:	the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies (noun.act)

3. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize,
definition	:	deprive of by deceit (verb.social)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)

derivation	:	use,
definition	:	seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage (verb.social)

4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (noun.act)

derivation	:	build up, develop,
definition	:	change the use of and make available or usable (verb.change)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	exploit, tap,
definition	:	draw from; make good use of (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	exploit, overwork,
definition	:	work excessively hard (verb.social)

5. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize,
definition	:	deprive of by deceit (verb.social)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)

derivation	:	use,
definition	:	seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage (verb.social)

6. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (noun.act)

derivation	:	build up, develop,
definition	:	change the use of and make available or usable (verb.change)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	exploit, tap,
definition	:	draw from; make good use of (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	exploit, overwork,
definition	:	work excessively hard (verb.social)