1. Financial or material assistance given to a person, community, or country with the intent to gain unfair advantage, control, or profit at the expense of the recipient
The foreign investment was criticized as exploitative aid that enriched foreign corporations while impoverishing local workers.
O investimento estrangeiro foi criticado como ajuda exploratória que enriqueceu corporações estrangeiras enquanto empobrecia trabalhadores locais.
2. Aid that creates dependency relationships or extracts resources, labor, or concessions disproportionate to the assistance provided
Economists warned that the loan conditions constituted exploitative aid masked as development assistance.
Economistas advertiram que as condições do empréstimo constituíram ajuda exploratória disfarçada de assistência ao desenvolvimento.