word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/exploitation.json

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{
    "term": "exploitation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a situation in which somebody treats somebody else in an unfair way, especially in order to make money from their work",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the exploitation of children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Starvation and poverty are the result of global economic exploitation, not lack of resources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party's avowed aim was to struggle against capitalist exploitation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "societies based on the exploitation of enslaved people"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brutal", "ruthless", "cynical"],
                "verb + exploitation": ["prevent", "struggle against", "be open to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the use of land, oil, minerals, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "commercial exploitation of the mineral resources in Antarctica"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Turtles are increasingly threatened by human exploitation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the direct exploitation of natural forests"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "efficient", "full"],
                "verb + exploitation": ["be ripe for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the fact of using a situation in order to get an advantage for yourself",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "exploitation of the situation for his own purposes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her ruthless exploitation of popular fear"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "efficient", "full"],
                "verb + exploitation": ["be ripe for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ex/exploitation/exploitation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ex/exploitation/exploitation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}