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BIOPIRACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("biopiracy" is a kind of...):
larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)
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