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Word: Exploit
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: from Old French esploit (noun), based on Latin explicare ‘unfold’ (see explicate). The early notion of ‘success, progress’ gave rise to the sense ‘attempt to capture’, ‘military expedition’, hence the current sense of the noun. Verb senses (mid 19th century) are from modern French exploiter
ɪkˈsplɔɪt
ɛkˈsplɔɪt
make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)
Short Definition:use and benefit from resource
Examples:- 500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology
make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand
Short Definition:use situation unfairly
Examples:- the company was exploiting a legal loophole
Word: Exploit
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɛksplɔɪt
a bold or daring feat
Short Definition:bold or daring feat
Examples:- despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value
a software tool designed to take advantage of a flaw in a computer system, typically for malicious purposes such as installing malware
Short Definition:software tool designed to take advantage of flaw in computer system
Examples:- if someone you don't know tweets you a link, it's either spam, an exploit, or probably both
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