biopiracyn.
/bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈpʌɪrəsi/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˈpaɪrəsi/ The practice of obtaining commercially valuable genetic material, biochemicals, etc., from plant or animal species without fairly rewarding the country or community of origin, esp. by obtaining patents that restrict future use. Cf. bioprospecting n.
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1993 RAFI Communique Nov. 1 (title) Bio-piracy: the story of natural coloured cottons of the Americas.
1998 Times 8 May 9/1 Leading companies in Britain have been accused of ‘biopiracy’ for patenting plants used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine in India.
2003 R. Ozeki All over Creation v. 258 Engage in globalized biopiracy, and rob developing countries of their ability to produce food independently.
2006 A. Steffen et al. Worldchanging (2008) 335/1 Traditional-knowledge archives..offer an increasingly popular and effective way to combat biopiracy by establishing ‘prior art.’
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