biopirate practice
- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈpaɪrɪt ˈpræktɪs/
- Jargon
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práctica de biopiratería
- Indigenous communities demanded compensation after years of biopirate practice involving their traditional plants.
Examples
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Researchers must obtain prior informed consent to avoid accusations of biopirate practice.
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Some countries have enacted strict regulations to prevent biopirate practices by foreign corporations.
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The biopirate practice is harmful.
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Don't engage in biopirate practices!
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Indigenous communities demanded compensation after years of biopirate practice involving their traditional plants.
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Researchers must obtain prior informed consent to avoid accusations of biopirate practice.
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Some countries have enacted strict regulations to prevent biopirate practice by foreign corporations.
Synonyms
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9.9
Taking plants or genes from native people and selling them for profit without paying those people
How Exploitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
biopirate + practice
The compound is compositionally built: 'practice' is transparent and 'biopirate' can be transparently analyzed as bio- (biological) + pirate (someone who steals), so the overall sense 'the illicit exploitation of biological resources' is derivable from the parts. However, 'biopirate' is a specialized/coined technical term (and not in basic dictionaries), so understanding requires morphological awareness of the prefix bio- and the metaphorical use of 'pirate', which many B1 learners may lack.
Etymology
Biopirate practice uses the image of bio as living plants or genes and a pirate who steals treasure. So it means 'taking biological resources from communities without permission or payment'.