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exploit

//ˈɛksplɔɪt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for exploit

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
exploits

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
exploit
past (v2)
exploited
past participle (v3)
exploited
present participle
exploiting
3rd person singular
exploits

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A heroic or extraordinary deed.

  2. 2.An achievement.

    • The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
  3. 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. 4.An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.

  2. 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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Synonyms

Etymology

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

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