exploit

Meaning

Noun

1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
2. An achievement.
3. A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
4. (Internet, broadly) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

Verb

1. (transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
2. (transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.

Synonyms

feat

deed

take advantage of

achievement

use

utilize

work

accomplishment

act

effort

action

develop

tap

performance

escapade

cultivation

oppress

fleece

venture

victimize

extract

be tricky

take advantage

exploitation

overwork

take

heroic deed

milk

🥛

doing

employ

mine

drive

capitalise

dock

divest

bleed

🩸

adventure

disinvest

bilk

deprive

graze

deplume

bamboozle

address

go by

get

deploy

gull

habituate

ferment

Translations

sfruttare

exploiter

exploit

explotar

ausnutzen

ausbeuten

hazaña

uitbuiten

proeza

explorar

utilizzare

Leistung

façanha

Heldentat

impresa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛksplɔɪt/

Etymology

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