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Thus the Web, in order to produce situations conducive to the TAZ, will parasitize the Net -- but we can also conceive of this strategy as an attempt to build toward the construction of an alternative and autonomous Net, "free" and no longer parasitic, which will serve as the basis for a "new society emerging from the shell of the old."

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transitive verb To live on or in (a host) as a parasite.

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He is still trying to prop up a corrupt system in which the super-rich parasitize off average Americans. — Propeller Most Popular Stories
Female canvasbacks lay an average of 10 eggs and female redheads often parasitize their nests.
There is still the bureaucracy needed to run the system which would undoubtedly parasitize some of the revenue. — Streetsblog New York City
Human Flea - Fleas belong to the insect order Siphonaptera and parasitize mammals and birds for their blood, using specialized anatomical structures to attach to the hosts 'skin.
Human Roundworm - Ascaris lumbricoides, the large human roundworm, is the most massive nematode to parasitize humans, growing up to 16 inches long and often as thick as a pencil.