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Biopiracy Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix bio-

Biopiracy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use

2

The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
larceny
Rhyming Words
racy macy pacy gacy tacy jacy kacy lacy bracy stacy gracy spacy oracy cracy tracy b.acy legacy acracy curacy papacy
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