Meanings
verbexploitate (third-person singular simple present exploitates, present participle exploitating, simple past and past participle exploitated)
present singular third person exploitates · participle present exploitating · participle past exploitated · past exploitated
- nonstandardproscribedtransitivenon-native speakers' EnglishTo exploit.
Origin
Erroneous back-formation from exploitation.
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APA
exploitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploitate
MLA
“exploitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploitate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exploitate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploitate.
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