exploit

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 6.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A heroic or extraordinary deed.
2. noun An achievement.

   The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.

3. noun A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
4. noun An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
5. verb To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.

   to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way

6. verb 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.

Similar words

deed effort feat overwork tap exploitative exploitation achievement advantage accomplishment

Often followed by

the their this it them a of and its

Word family

exploitabilities exploitability exploitable exploitation exploited exploiter exploiters exploiting exploits