exploit
1a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act: the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Origin of exploit
1synonym study For exploit
Other words for exploit
Other definitions for exploit (2 of 2)
to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
to use selfishly for one's own ends: employers who exploit their workers.
to advance or further through exploitation; promote: He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.
a flaw in hardware or software that is vulnerable to hacking or other cyberattacks.
a piece of software that takes advantage of such a flaw to compromise a computer system or network.
(in a video game) the use of a bug or flaw in game design to a player’s advantage or to the disadvantage of other players.
Origin of exploit
2Other words from exploit
- ex·ploit·a·ble, adjective
- ex·ploit·a·bil·i·ty [ik-sploi-tuh-bil-i-tee], /ɪkˌsplɔɪ təˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- ex·ploit·a·tive, ex·ploit·a·to·ry [ik-sploi-tuh-tawr-ee], /ɪkˈsplɔɪ təˌtɔr i/, ex·ploit·ive, adjective
- ex·ploit·er, noun
- non·ex·ploit·a·ble, adjective
- non·ex·ploit·a·tive, adjective
- non·ex·ploi·tive, adjective
- un·ex·ploit·a·ble, adjective
- un·ex·ploit·a·tive, adjective
- un·ex·ploit·ive, adjective
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How to use exploit in a sentence
If they make it through the desert with their lives, they become exploitable bodies, still anonymous, still rendered invisible.
Gael García Bernal on the Human Drama Behind Anonymous Migrant Dead | Gael Garcia Bernal | January 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are easily exploitable, and they lower the wage base of the entire workforce.
Machine production in its opening phases, demanded large, concentrated and exploitable populations.
The Pivot of Civilization | Margaret SangerFor them the earth is not an exploitable ground but the living mother.
Ulysses | James JoyceThe friendless, exploitable alien by his presence tends to corrupt our laws and practices respecting labor.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth Ross
They are susceptible, exploitable, hysterical, non-resistant to external suggestion.
The Pivot of Civilization | Margaret Sanger
British Dictionary definitions for exploit
a notable deed or feat, esp one that is noble or heroic
to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc), esp unethically or unjustly for one's own ends
to make the best use of: to exploit natural resources
Origin of exploit
1Derived forms of exploit
- exploitable, adjective
- exploitation, noun
- exploitive or exploitative, adjective
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