biopiracy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
biopiracy/bʌɪəʊˈpʌɪrəsi/

▶noun the practice of commercially exploiting naturally occurring biochemical or genetic material while failing to pay fair compensation to the community from which it originates.

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