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exploiter

Other forms: exploiters

An exploiter is a user, someone who takes advantage of other people or things for their own gain. Being an exploiter is selfish and unethical.

To exploit someone is to use them in a way that's wrong, like an employer who pays low wages but demands long hours. An exploiter is a person who treats others this way. Someone who runs a sweatshop that makes people work all day and night in the stifling heat for a tiny paycheck is an exploiter. Some say companies that burn a lot of oil are exploiters of the Earth.

Definitions of exploiter
  1. noun
    a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
    synonyms: user
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    type of:
    selfish person
    a person who is unusually selfish
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