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exploitation|ɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃən| [a. Fr. exploitation, f. exploiter: see exploit v.] 1. The action of exploiting or turning to account; productive working or profitable management (of mines, cattle, etc.). Also, an instance of this.
1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 362 Similar proofs of the deficient commercial exploitation of these colonies perpetually occur. 1825New Monthly Mag. XIII. 588 Clear evidence of success, wanting to all other ‘exploitations’ (excuse the gallicism). 1836Blackw. Mag. XL. 766 What is to be the next exploitation of genius? Travels? 1881P. Geddes in Nature No. 622. 534 The second..inquires whether the exploitation of plants or animals be more profitable in the given society. 1885A. J. Evans in Archaeol. XLIX. 8 Cities..owed their rise..to the exploitation of the mineral wealth of the province. b. The action of turning to account for selfish purposes, using for one's own profit.
[1844M. Hennell Social Syst. 108 Slavery, the use of man by man (exploitation) was the reigning principle of society in its first stages.] 1857O. A. Brownson Convert Wks. V. 116 A poor man..becoming rich by trade, speculation, or the successful exploitation of labour. 1868Pall Mall G. No. 1017. 1827/2 The exploitation of the credulous public. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. ix. 225 Their whole existence [was] an exploitation of the helpless people they reigned over. 1887L. Oliphant Fashionable Philos. 33 The exploitation and subjugation of Eastern countries. 2. The action of reconnoitring.
1871Daily News 18 Sept., It surely indicated lax exploitation that the advance column should have blindly butted its head against this broken bridge. |