noun
- An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly. )
- usage: "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"
- synonyms: exploitation, victimization, victimisation
verb
- Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
- usage: "use your head"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
- Take or consume (regularly or habitually. )
- usage: "She uses drugs rarely"
- Use up, consume fully.
- usage: "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
- Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.
- usage: "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
- synonyms: use
- Avail oneself to.
- usage: "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
- Habitually do something (use only in the past tense. )
- usage: "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
- synonyms: use