Wiktionary

exploit

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (noun) enPR: ĕks'ploit, IPA(key): /ˈɛksplɔɪt/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (verb) enPR: ĭksploit', IPA(key): /ɪksˈplɔɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪt

Noun edit

exploit (plural exploits)

  1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
  2. An achievement.
    The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
  3. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
    • 2004, Rob Shein, Zero-Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness‎[1], Syngress, →ISBN, page xxi:
      One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]
    • 2015, Joxean Koret, Elias Bachaalany, The Antivirus Hacker's Handbook, page 148:
      For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.
  4. (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

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Verb edit

exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)

  1. (transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
    Synonyms: take advantage of, use, utilize
    to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way
    • 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:
      However, exploiting their 110mph capability will initially only be possible north of Bedford, pending an upgrade of the overhead wires between Bedford and St Pancras by Network Rail to make them suitable for use by electric trains at over 100mph.
  2. (transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.
    Coordinate terms: take advantage of, abuse, misuse
    Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.

Translations edit

exploit — see take advantage of

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Etymology 1 edit

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

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Noun edit

exploit n (plural exploiten, diminutive exploitje n)

  1. (law) A legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person.
Descendants edit
  • → Indonesian: eksploit

Etymology 2 edit

From English exploit.

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exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

  1. (computing) exploit

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Etymology edit

Deverbal from exploiter. Corresponds with Old French espleit; cf. Latin explicitus.

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Noun edit

exploit m (plural exploits)

  1. exploit, feat
    Synonym: performance

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French exploit.

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exploit m (invariable)

  1. exploit, feat
    Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione

References edit

  1. ^ exploit in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

  • exploit in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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exploit m (plural exploits)

  1. use; usage

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English exploit.

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exploit m (plural exploits)

  1. (computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)
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