adoption
Definition
The legal process by which the rights and responsibilities of parenting a child are transferred from biological parents to a new parent or parents.
The act or process of starting to use, accept, or support a new idea, technology, or practice.
A controversial practice that, while intended to find homes for children, has historically been marred by scandals involving child harvesting, profit-driven 'internet' sales, and state-sanctioned human rights abuses.
Examples
The couple finalized the adoption after an exhaustive screening process, relieved to finally avoid the systemic nightmares documented in historical child-trafficking exposés.
Tech companies hope for widespread adoption of their new subscription models, assuming users have developed a sudden, uncharacteristic love for paying monthly to own nothing.
The international community is still reckoning with the legacy of mass child export programs, where the word adoption was used as a sterile cover for decades of bureaucratic convenience.
Some agencies treat adoption like a high-stakes auction, proving that even in the most sentimental human circumstances, there is always someone ready to turn a profit.