English Explanatory Dictionary

exploit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Pronunciation

ĕks'ploit /ˈɛksplɔɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exploit (noun).wav En-us-exploit.ogg ĭksploit' /ɪksˈplɔɪt/

Word forms

exploit exploits exploiting exploited

Etymology

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

Synonyms

take advantage of use utilize

Derived words

anti-exploit sexploit counterexploit exploitability exploitee exploitive exploiture misexploit nonexploited overexploit superexploit underexploit underexploited unexploited
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