ruthless exploitation

collocation in English

meaningsofruthlessandexploitation

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ruthless
adjective
uk
/ˈruːθ.ləs/us
/ˈruːθ.ləs/
not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to ...
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exploitation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
the use of something in order to get an advantage ...
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(Definition ofruthlessandexploitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Under that scheme, innocent people have been subject, and are still subject, to the most wicked andruthlessexploitation.
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They no longer expect even the common humanities; they expect aruthlessexploitationwhenever that can be done.
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We definitely need protection from this form ofruthlessexploitation.
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They were an obstacle from the very beginning to theruthlessexploitationof their phosphates.
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They were an obstacle to the final andruthlessexploitationof the phosphates.
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It is certain that theruthlessexploitationof monopoly power in industrial action could bring even the greatest nation to its knees.
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There has beenruthlessexploitationof seals, whales, fish, penguins and many other creatures during the past 200 years.
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Civil war thus becomes a cloak for theruthlessexploitationof a nation's diamond wealth, and that must not be allowed to continue.
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There are also those who assert that aruthlessexploitationof less intelligent creatures is justified in the interests of expediency and progress.
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We have seen the vicious andruthlessexploitationof a situation for mean short-term party ends.
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Your charity, if it is necessary to remove the evils caused by yourruthlessexploitation, adds insult to injury.
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It is that sort ofruthlessexploitationof their dependence on our market that we ought to understand.
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Is it not astounding that these rich fishing grounds should be subjected to suchruthlessexploitationby the fishing vessels of foreign nations?
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Ali'sruthlessexploitationof the province and oppressive fiscal measures caused much resentment among the local elites.
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