搾さく取しゅ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

exploitation; bleeding someone dry; squeezing someone for gain

The common modern sense. Used for taking unfair advantage of workers, weaker people, resources, or a relationship, often in social, economic, or political contexts. Common patterns include 人を搾取する and 搾取される.

• その会かい社しゃは低てい賃ちん金ぎんで労ろう働どう者しゃを搾さく取しゅしていた。

  That company was exploiting its workers with low wages.

• 貧ひん困こんは搾さく取しゅの温おん床しょうになりやすい。

  Poverty can easily become a breeding ground for exploitation.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

milking; extracting liquid by squeezing

Literal sense of taking liquid by squeezing, such as milk from an animal or liquid from something pressed. This use is much less common in everyday modern Japanese than the exploitation sense; more specific words such as 搾乳 or 搾汁 are often used instead.

• 「乳ちちを搾さく取しゅする」は、乳ちちを搾しぼり取とるという字じ義ぎどおりの用よう法ほうである。

  The expression “乳を搾取する” is a literal use meaning to milk or squeeze out milk.