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Word entry · 12 letters

exploitation

Best crossword clue

"Unfair use"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted aeiilnoopttxStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • the exploitation of natural resources
  • the exploitation of children in beauty pageants
  • "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."

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