exploit
//ˈɛksplɔɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- exploits
- present (v1)
- exploit
- past (v2)
- exploited
- past participle (v3)
- exploited
- present participle
- exploiting
- 3rd person singular
- exploits
Definitions
1.A heroic or extraordinary deed.
2.An achievement.
- The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
3.A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.
4.An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
1.To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
2.To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.
- Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4530
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).