exploit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: ĕks'ploit, IPA^(key): /ˈɛksplɔɪt/
• (verb) enPR: ĭksploit', IPA^(key): /ɪksˈplɔɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪt

Noun

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.

Translations

heroic or extraordinary deed

• Bulgarian: подвиг (bg) m (pódvig)
• Catalan: fita (ca) f, proesa (ca) f, gesta f
• Dutch: heldendaad (nl) c
• Esperanto: heroaĵo
• Finnish: urotyö (fi), sankariteko
• French: exploit (fr) m
• German: Heldentat (de) f
• Hungarian: hőstett (hu)
• Ido: prodajo (io), heroajo (io)

• Italian: gesto eroico m, gesta eroiche f pl, gesta (it) f pl
• Maori: rāwekeweke, mahi rāwekeweke, haumāuiui
• Norwegian: bragd m
• Polish: wyczyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: façanha (pt) f, proeza (pt) f
• Romanian: faptă de vitejie f, faptă eroică f
• Russian: по́двиг (ru) m (pódvig), сверше́ние (ru) n (sveršénije), дея́ние (ru) n (dejánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas m
• Spanish: hazaña (es) f, proeza (es) f

achievement

• Bulgarian: постижение (bg) n (postižénie)
• Dutch: wapenfeit (nl) f
• Finnish: saavutus (fi)

• Italian: impresa (it) f, prestazione (it) f
• Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije), сверше́ние (ru) n (sveršénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas m

computing security

• Dutch: exploit m
• French: exploit (fr) m
• German: Exploit n

• Portuguese: exploit m
• Spanish: exploit (es) m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
2. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

   Materialistic monsters who exploit "kind" folks will not have good outcomes, no matter how much comforts were ill-gained.

Synonyms

• (use for one’s own advantage): take advantage of, use

Translations

exploit — see take advantage of

use for one’s advantage

• Arabic: اِسْتَغَلَّ‎ (istaḡalla)
• Azerbaijani: istismar etmək
• Bulgarian: използвам (bg) (izpolzvam), експлоатирам (bg) (eksploatiram)
• Catalan: explotar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利用 (zh) (lìyòng), 剝削 (zh), 剥削 (zh) (bōxuē), 開發 (zh), 开发 (zh) (kāifā)

• Czech: využít (cs)
• Danish: udnytte
• Dutch: exploiteren (nl), uitbuiten (nl)
• Esperanto: ekspluati
• Finnish: käyttää hyväkseen, riistää (fi)
• French: exploiter (fr)
• German: ausnutzen (de), ausbeuten (de)
• Hebrew: ניצל‎ (nitsél)
• Hungarian: kihasznál (hu)
• Ido: explotar (io)

• Italian: sfruttare, avvantaggiarsi, approfittare (it)
• Japanese: 搾り取る (しぼりとる, shiboritoru)
• Latvian: izmantot, izkalpināt
• Lithuanian: išnaudoti
• Maori: makihuhunu
• Norwegian: utnytte
• Polish: wykorzystywać (pl), wyzyskiwać
• Portuguese: explotar
• Romanian: exploata (ro), a abuza (de)
• Russian: эксплуати́ровать (ru) (ekspluatírovatʹ), пользоваться (ru) (polʹzovatʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan feum de
• Serbo-Croatian: израбити (izrabiti)
• Spanish: explotar (es), aprovechar (es)
• Swedish: exploatera (sv), utnyttja (sv)
• Welsh: gweithio (cy)
• ǃXóõ: ǂgàa

Anagrams

• ex-pilot

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Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• exploot

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From English exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksplɔi̯t/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (computing) exploit

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French

Etymology

Deverbal of exploiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.splwa/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. exploit, feat

Synonyms

• performance

Related terms

• exploitable
• exploitant
• exploitation
• exploiter
• exploiteur

Further reading

• “exploit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

exploit m (invariable)

1. exploit, feat

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Middle French

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. use; usage

Related terms

• exploiter

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English exploit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eks.ˈplɔjt͡ʃ/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

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