"As long as these employees and the government are exploiting the corporate world in a symbiotic relationship, that's fine," he said.

But Janjaweed is a fluid identity, and diplomats here say the government has exploited the ambiguity.

Many Arab governments and others have exploited the Palestinian issue to their advantage over the years, including to distract from real problems at home.

And builders, residents and local governments are exploiting it.

Harrison told me he was now being watched by plain-clothes police, and that the government would exploit the least pretence to discredit him.

Think how the government could exploit us if it knew about us.

The government has exploited timber reserves in the area.

To avert a republican backlash, the government exploited the credit readily available to Brazil as a result of its prosperity to fuel further development.

Local governments have easily exploited the law to claim land for development projects.

And the filmmakers don't protest that the government has exploited them.