exploitations
Taking advantage of
Exploitations is the plural of exploitation, referring to multiple instances of using something or someone for benefit—often unfairly.
The word carries connotations of taking advantage: The documentary examined corporate exploitations of cheap labor.
In film history, exploitations (or exploitation films) refers to low-budget movies that capitalize on sensational content: sex, violence, or taboo subjects.
Illegal transport for profit
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- predatorsAnimals that kill prey
objectification · harassment · pornography · manipulation · power imbalance · survivors · victims · perpetrators
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
- migrant workersPeople moving for jobs
indentured servitude · forced labor · plantation · maquiladoras · bonded labor · domestic workers · farm workers · garment industry
Extracting earth's resources
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
extraction · depletion · strip mining · clear-cutting · poaching · oil fields · mineral rights · logging
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- monopoliesExclusive market control
- predatory lendingExploitative loan terms
- scamsDishonest money-making schemes
false advertising · patent trolling · data harvesting · clickbait · microtransactions · planned obsolescence · payday loans · pyramid schemes
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
- vulnerabilitiesExploitable weak points
- weaknessesPoints of vulnerability
loopholes · gaps · openings · intelligence · reconnaissance · hacking · breaches · zero-day
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
predators · objectification · harassment · pornography · manipulation · power imbalance · survivors · victims · perpetrators · red light districts
sweatshops
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
migrant workers · indentured servitude · forced labor · plantation · maquiladoras · bonded labor · domestic workers · farm workers · garment industry · cheap labor
mining
Extracting earth's resources
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
fracking · extraction · depletion · strip mining · clear-cutting · poaching · oil fields · mineral rights · logging · water rights
profiteering
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- monopoliesExclusive market control
- predatory lendingExploitative loan terms
scams · false advertising · patent trolling · data harvesting · clickbait · microtransactions · planned obsolescence · payday loans · pyramid schemes · consumer fraud
leverage
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
- vulnerabilitiesExploitable weak points
weaknesses · loopholes · gaps · openings · intelligence · reconnaissance · hacking · breaches · zero-day · social engineering
exploitationscollaborations
Joint creative endeavors
fair trade · mutual cooperation · symbioses · fair compensation · mutualism
exploitationsprotections
Measures preventing harm
empowerments · nurturing · safeguarding · empowerment · support
exploitationsconservation
Preventing waste or loss
preservation · sustainable use · sustainability · restoration · stewardship
- worker exploitationMistreating employees for profit
- commercial exploitationProfiting from a resource
- labor exploitationUnfair treatment of workers
- child exploitationHarmful use of minors
- exploitation filmSensational low-budget movie genre
- sexual exploitationAbusing someone for carnal gain