make capital out of

Idioms  

1. Use profitably, turn to account, as in The challengers made capital out of the President's signing a bill that increased taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1855, uses capital in the sense of “material wealth used to create more wealth.”

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Example Sentences

"I abhor anybody that tries to make capital out of that."

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2016

Far from being embarrassed by the fact that so many of his old Socialist comrades were in prison, Grotewohl maneuvered to make capital out of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The more so as hard-headed Kremlin negotiators with one ear glued to the good earth hoped to make capital out of British embroilments with Japanese in China.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are bound to make capital out of the fact that the Army has yet to produce a corpse.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Not satisfied with one,” the other rejoined in an offended voice, “but must try and make capital out of charity.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya