exploitation
noun
ex·ploi·ta·tion
ˌek-ˌsplȯi-ˈtā-shən 
: an act or instance of exploiting
exploitation of natural resources
exploitation of immigrant laborers
clever exploitation of the system
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Accepting unpaid work perpetuates an unethical cycle where fair compensation is sidestepped in favor of exploitation.
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Melissa Houston, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Now Morisseau, who is half Haitian and half Black American, is exploring a new setting, that of urbane Port-au-Prince, some years after the 2010 earthquake, a natural disaster that brought to the fore, with devastating clarity, the unnatural cycles of exploitation that threaten to define Haiti.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Although conceived independently of each other, the shows share a common theme: the involvement of Swiss individuals and companies in the transatlantic slave trade and their exploitation of enslaved Africans.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
There is a path forward to turn the page on this culture of exploitation and abuse, Stiklorius concludes in the op-ed.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Houston, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Now Morisseau, who is half Haitian and half Black American, is exploring a new setting, that of urbane Port-au-Prince, some years after the 2010 earthquake, a natural disaster that brought to the fore, with devastating clarity, the unnatural cycles of exploitation that threaten to define Haiti.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Although conceived independently of each other, the shows share a common theme: the involvement of Swiss individuals and companies in the transatlantic slave trade and their exploitation of enslaved Africans.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
There is a path forward to turn the page on this culture of exploitation and abuse, Stiklorius concludes in the op-ed.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Exploitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploitation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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