exploitation

Noun

• an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
  • capitalistic exploitation of the working class
    
  • paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization
    

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
  • the development of Alaskan resources
    
  • the exploitation of copper deposits
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  victimization , victimisation , using , development