exploitations

Noun

exploitation (countable and uncountable, plural exploitations)

1. The act of utilizing something; industry.
   • the exploitation of natural resources
2. The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
   • the exploitation of children in beauty pageants
3. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
   • Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation.
4. The marketing and promotion of a film.
   • This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […]1928, Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Annual Report
5. A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.
   • […]certainly it is not an adventure story, either, as McKernan seems to suggest, an exploitation novel aiming to attract readers through the use of "the odd," "the perverse," or "the exotic."2013 June 29, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Passion for Place Book II: Between the Vital Spacing and the Creative Horizons of Fulfilment, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN