Vocabulary
Exploitation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Until regulators are compelled to enforce their own rules, and until illegal and fraudulent practices are met with real consequences, the public remains exposed to exploitation.
- A study by the National Commission for Human Rights offers a glimpse into how little has changed for Pakistan`s brick kiln workers who continually undergo exploitation, debt bondage and gender-based violence.
- Children routinely endure exploitation and sexual abuse at the hands of predators who cultivate environments of impunity.
- Our future resilience depends on ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems and protecting existing forests from exploitation and deforestation.
- The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act was passed 15 years ago to end the exploitation of the poor for profit.
Synonyms
taking advantage, abuse of, making use, misuse, unfair treatment, ill treatment,
Curator example
“the exploitation of migrant workers”
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