British in Australia finally denounce exploitation (5)
I believe the answer is:
abuse
'exploitation' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'british in australia finally denounce' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'australia' becomes 'Aus' (abbreviation).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'denounce' is 'e'.
'b' inserted within 'aus' is 'abus'.
'abus'+'e'='ABUSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abuse that I've seen before include "Mistreat" , "corrupt practice" , "Violate" , "Improper treatment" , "Bully" .)