How do you use the word "exploitation" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "exploitation" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "exploitation": Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite. In this country we condemn child exploitation.

Exploitation Meaning

/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of utilizing something; industry.

nounThe improper use of something for selfish purposes.

Sentence Examples

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite.

In this country we condemn child exploitation.

We must protect vulnerable workers from unfair economic exploitation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

development victimization

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The documentary revealed the awful ____ of child labor in factories.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The activists are protesting against the ____ of child labor in several developing countries.

Word Origin & History

Borrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explicō (“unfold, deploy”). By surface analysis, exploit + -ation.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Whereas in the middle ages the idea of acquiring wealth was limited by a body of moral rules imposed under the sanction of religious authority, after 1500 those rules, and the institutions, habits, and ideas to which they had given birth, were no longer deemed adequate. They were felt as constraint. There were evaded, criticized, abandoned, because it was felt that they interfered with the exploitation of the means of production." — 1936, Harold Laski, “The Rise of European Liberalism”, in Collected Works of Harold Laski, London: Routledge, published 1997, page 20:

""The second function is for seers who have used magic, but do not know about the second function. This criteria selects the informed while preventing premeditated exploitation of this function."" — 2018 January 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Jan 22, 2018:

"This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […]" — 1928, Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Annual Report:

"The difference is that obtaining increased financial input during the production phase of the film reduces the risk during the exploitation phase." — 2017, Finola Kerrigan, Film Marketing:

"[…]certainly it is not an adventure story, either, as McKernan seems to suggest, an exploitation novel aiming to attract readers through the use of "the odd," "the perverse," or "the exotic."" — 2013 June 29, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Passion for Place Book II: Between the Vital Spacing and the Creative Horizons of Fulfilment, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:

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