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exploitation

noun as in taking advantage

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Supt Doug Downing said exploitation can take many forms, with the crimes being committed by those under duress extending from "drug dealing right the way through to high-value thefts and violence".

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Those who suspect exploitation is taking place should contact the police.

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He became a barber and then joined the charity Escapeline as a youth mentor working with children and teenagers at risk of exploitation.

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Referencing the “+57” lyric, “Turned off her phone so she wouldn’t get caught / Baby is bad, but she’s smart,” the agency’s general director Astrid Cáceres Cárdenas alleged the song alludes to the country’s network of human trafficking, in which young girls are invited to parties where they are vulnerable to sexual exploitation.

High-profile feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Julie Bindel argue that surrogacy commodifies a woman's body, leaving surrogates, who are often from poorer backgrounds, open to exploitation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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