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bi·o·pi·ra·cy (b

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The commercial development of naturally occurring biological materials, such as plant substances or genetic cell lines, by a technologically advanced country or organization without fair compensation to the peoples or nations in whose territory the materials were originally discovered.

bio·pirate (b

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biopiracy [ˈbaɪəʊˌpaɪrəsɪ]

(Medicine / Pharmacology) the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken

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biopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use

larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

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biopiracy [ˌbaɪəˈpaɪərəsɪ] N → biopiratería f

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