the act of taking living things, especially plants, from an area or taking the knowledge of local people about these living things, and using them or it to make money for a particular company or organization

Pharmaceutical companies are accused of pillaging the natural world for new lucrative treatments, a trend known as biopiracy. 有指控称，制药公司通过掠夺自然界来寻找有利可图的新型治疗方法，这种趋势被称为生物盗窃。