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exploit

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksplɔɪt/

The English word “exploit” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  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.

Etymology

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

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