The word “exploited” is correct and usable in written English. It is used to refer to when someone takes advantage of a person or situation, often in a selfish or unfair way. Example sentence: The workers were exploited for their labour, receiving only a fraction of the profits.
18.7 million, or 90%, of people in forced labour are part of the private economy, exploited by individuals or enterprises.
But Osborne always suspected that Balls's record under Brown could be exploited.
Ekins said if governments approved new fossil fuel production, they should be asked what resources elsewhere would not be exploited.
Here, his genius is exploited for a nauseating propaganda purpose – "but he could not do otherwise," recalls Anka.
Avoid debate of key British foreign policy issues that might be exploited by terrorists: farewell to defending international law enshrining the right to resist colonialism and foreign military occupation.
Fourteen per cent of respondents said they felt they were being exploited and just under a quarter of respondents said they did not feel able to leave sex work, Sanders added.
This is something the anonymous creator of Kindle Cover Disasters has exploited to great effect.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia