an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
"capitalistic exploitation of the working class"
"paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"
use; utilization
"After fixing the leak, she spent the rest of her day using the newly freed water to fill the garden's dry pots."
"The new software update improved our overall using efficiency."
present participle of use
"She is holding a red apple while eating it by cutting into it using a sharp knife."
In plain English: To use something means to put it to work for a specific purpose.
"She is using her phone to call her mother."
Derived from Old English gīosan (to pour), this form comes via Middle Low German giessen, originally meaning to cast metal into molds or flow liquid. It evolved through the sense of employing something before taking its modern gerundive shape.