(n) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, Syn. development, Example:the development of Alaskan resources; the exploitation of copper deposits
(n) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly), Syn. victimization, victimisation, using, Example:capitalistic exploitation of the working class; paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization
[民脂民膏, mín zhī mín gāoㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄠ] lit. the fat and wealth of the people (成语 saw); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation); the people's blood, sweat and tears#76187