Word Finder - exploitation

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The act of utilizing something; industry.

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The improper use of something for selfish purposes.

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the exploitation of children in beauty pageants

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The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which he or she has a natural right.

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Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation

It was an exploitation of the patented invention.

The exploitation of the mines led to a rapid development of the town during the next three years.

Railway development in West Virginia has been due largely to the exploitation of the coal and lumber resources of the state.

They were discovered before 1870 by searchers after petroleum, but their exploitation remained in the experimental stage until about 1900.

Up to this time the rule of the Bhonsla rajas, rough warriors of peasant extraction, had been on the whole beneficent; but, soured by his defeat, Raghoji now set to work to recover some of his losses by a ruthless exploitation of the peasantry, and until the effective intervention of the British in 1818 the country was subjected to every kind of oppression.

The first commercial exploitation of importance appears to have been the distillation of the oil at Alfreton in Derbyshire by James Young.

The cost of exploitation is accordingly slight.

This increase was chiefly due to the exploitation of new goldfields.

All contracts of lease, exploitation of forests, waters and natural riches are cancelled.

Taxes on imports and exports, not exceeding the equivalent of io% ad valorem, direct taxation of Europeans, and a poll tax on native adult males, a tax on ivory and the Government share in the exploitation of mines were the chief sources of revenue; the administrative services and interest on debt the largest items of expenditure.

Although saline springs are mentioned here as early as the 13th century, the first attempt to bore for salt was not made until 1839, while the systematic exploitation of the salt-beds, to which the town is indebted for its prosperity, dates only from 1856.

Starting from Path, he penetrated to the banks of the Tocantins, making numerous converts to Christianity and civilization among the most savage tribes; but after two years of unceasing labour, during which every difficulty was placed in his way by the colonial authorities, he saw that the Indians must be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the governors, to prevent their exploitation, and placed under the control of the members of a single religious society.

The exploitation of the mines suffers in many cases from the difficulties and expense of transport, the high duties payable in Dutch Borneo to the native princes, the competition among the rival companies, and often the limited quantities of the minerals found in the mines.

Sulphurous and other mineral springs, both hot and cold, exist in several districts, and deposits of silver, iron, copper, sulphur, coal and other minerals have been discovered; but the exploitation of these is retarded by lack of communications, and, apart from building materials, sulphur and salt, the actual output is insignificant.

Probably the polar regions alone do not fall within the category of the potentially productive, as even sandy and alkaline desert is rendered habitable where irrigation can be introduced; and vast tracts of fertile soil adapted for immediate exploitation, especially in the temperate zones, both north and south, only remain unpeopled because they are not yet wanted for colonization.

Cattle breeding is another great source of revenue, and the exploitation of the forests gives beech and oak timber (good for shipbuilding), gall-nuts, oak-bark and cork.

In the exploitation of her forest products, however, are to be found the industries that yield the greatest immediate profit to Bolivia.

Greece, however, did not sign, and continued her operations, though these were in the nature of exploitation rather than of fresh effort, except in Epirus, where operations against Yannina were in progress.

Other trades are the manufacture of paper, leather, cement and the exploitation of forests.

On the promulgation of the firman for the exploitation of a mine, a fee of £T50 to fTioo becomes payable.

Corps was first to carry the Hindenburg system on its front and then to advance to the line Graincourt-Anneux, with exploitation if possible as far as CantaingFontaine Notre Dame.

However, an apprenticeship can border on exploitation, if you are lured into the wrong shop.

It is in proportion as a sedentary life prevails, and agricultural exploitation is practised on a larger scale, whilst warlike habits continue to exist, that the labour of slaves is increasingly introduced to provide food for the master, and at the same time save him from irksome toil.

From the time of the coming of the first considerable body of British settlers dates the development of trade and agriculture in the colony, followed somewhat later by the exploitation of the mineral resources of the country.

The exploitation of this great source of wealth is still hindered by want of proper means of communication, but in many parts of Transylvania it is now carried on successfully.

Gold and silver are chiefly found in Transylvania, where their exploitation dates back to the Roman period, and are mined at Zalatna and Abrudbanya; rich deposits are also found in the Kremnitz-Schemnitz, and the Nagybanya districts.

Maria Theresa also took a great interest in the Banat, colonized the land belonging to the crown with German peasants, founded many villages, encouraged the exploitation of the mineral wealth of the country, and generally developed the measures introduced by Mercy.

In 1889 the total foreign debt, including arrears of interest, was £54,000,000, and in the following year a contract was signed with the Peruvian Corporation, a company in which the bondholders became shareholders, for the transfer to it for 66 years of the state railways,, the free use of certain ports, the right of navigation on Lake Titicaca, the exploitation of the remaining guano deposits up to 3,000,000 tons, and thirty-three annual subsidies of £80,000 each, in consideration of the cancellation of the debt.

The chief feature of Alabama's industrial life since 1880 has been the exploitation of her iron and coal resources.

Though the mineral products are varied, the supply of ores has hitherto proved scanty; besides which their exploitation is rendered difficult by the lack of labourers, water and wood.

A new period was opened in Egyptian exploration in 1858 when Mariette was appointed director of archaeological works In Egypt, his duties being to safeguard the monuments and prevent their exploitation by dealers.

But, in fact, serfdom naturally took the form of an ugly ownership of live chattels on the part of a privileged class, and all sorts of excesses, of cruelty, ruthless exploitation and wanton caprice, followed as a matter of course.

Silver, lead and iron ores occur in several localities; but the want of fuel is an obstacle to their exploitation.

The coal is found in Siiderd and in some of the other islands in sufficient quantity to make it a matter of exploitation.

A refuge of Italian pauperism in the time of the Gracchi, after the triumph of the oligarchy the Narbonnaise became a field for shameless exploitation, besides providing, under the proconsulate of Caesar, an excellent point of observation whence to watch the intestine quarrels between the different nations of Gaul.

The crying abuses of the old rgime, an insignificant factor at the outset, soon combined with the widespread agrarian distress, due to the unjust distribution of land, the disastrous exploitation of the soil, the actions of the government, and the severe winter of 1788.

There's an excellent, lengthy video interview with Munro who is keen to discuss all aspects of her career in exploitation films.

Yet, as the extensive galleries of press materials that follow indicate, exploitation ballyhoo was much the same everywhere.

Art has very real responsibilities, perhaps even to fight male chauvinism, ethnic prejudice, third-world exploitation, believe the politically correct.

The long-term data also yield important insights into the effects of anthropogenic disturbances such as fisheries exploitation and pollution.

A series of National Byelaws are also being considered to reduce exploitation of spring salmon and enhance spawning escapement.

Based on the philosophy that the employe is completely expendable, this book succeeds in " Topgrading " worker exploitation.

Launched in 1988 and funded jointly by DTI, SERC and industry, the program's objective was to accelerate commercial exploitation of ASM.

They share a united common interest, therefore, to challenge and abolish capitalist exploitation.

This support has empowered migrant workers to help themselves prevent further exploitation.

You will benefit from in-depth discussions based on innovative strategies developed to maximize exploitation, optimize business intelligence and deliver benefit across your business.

In the end, sexual exploitation was a minor irritant in this story.

Similarly the power given in creation to humans is to be exercised with tenderness, not ruthless exploitation.

There was no lessening of his opposition to " class distinctions and imperialist exploitation, no defection to " the forces of reaction " .

This might seem a minor point but it is an apparent loophole which appears ripe for exploitation.