over-exploitation
splɔɪˈteɪ noun
1.
use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
2.
selfish utilization: He got ahead through the exploitation of his friends.
3.
the combined, often varied, use of public-relations and advertising techniques to promote a person, movie, product, etc.
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| exploit | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a notable deed or feat, esp one that is noble or heroic |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc), esp unethically or unjustly for one's own ends |
| 3. | to make the best use of: to exploit natural resources |
| [C14: from Old French: accomplishment, from Latin explicitum (something) unfolded, from explicāre to | |
| ex'ploitable | |
| —adj | |
| exploi'tation | |
| —n | |
| ex'ploitive | |
| —adj | |
| ex'ploitative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
exploitation
1803, "productive working" of something, a positive word among those who used it first, though regarded as a Gallicism, from Fr. exploitation, from exploiter (see exploit (v.)). Bad sense developed by 1850s, in part from French, also perhaps influenced by U.S. anti-slavery
writing; the insulting word was hurled at activities it once had crowned as praise.
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