exploit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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.
   • 2004, Rob Shein, Zero-Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness, 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.

Translations

heroic or extraordinary deed

• Arabic: مَأْثُرَة‎ f (maʾṯura)
• Belarusian: по́дзвіг m (pódzvih), вы́чын m (výčyn)
• Bulgarian: по́двиг (bg) m (pódvig)
• Catalan: fita (ca) f, proesa (ca) f, gesta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 功勛 (zh), 功勋 (zh) (gōngxūn), 勛績 (zh), 勋绩 (zh) (xūnjì, xūnjī), 偉業 (zh), 伟业 (zh) (wěiyè)

• 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, prodezza f
• Japanese: 偉業 (いぎょう, igyō)
• Korean: 위업 (ko) (wieop), 공훈 (gonghun)
• Macedonian: подвиг m (podvig)
• 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, gesta (es) f, heroicidad (es) f, hombrada f
• Swedish: bragd (sv) c, hjältebragd c, hjältedåd n, stordåd (sv) n, bedrift (sv) c
• Ukrainian: по́двиг m (pódvyh)

achievement

• Bulgarian: постиже́ние (bg) n (postižénie)
• Dutch: wapenfeit (nl) f
• Finnish: saavutus (fi)
• Italian: impresa (it) f, prestazione (it) f, risultato (it) m, raggiungimento (it) m, espletamento (it) m

• Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije), сверше́ние (ru) n (sveršénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas m
• Spanish: proeza (es) f, logro (es) m
• Swedish: prestation (sv) c

computing security

• Dutch: exploit m
• Finnish: haitake, hyökkäyskoodi (code), hyökkäyskeino (technique, means)
• 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.
   • 2019 October, Tony Miles and 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.

   Synonyms: take advantage of, use

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.

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 (pl)
• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈploːt/

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsplwa/

Noun

exploit m (invariable)

1. exploit, feat

   Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione

Further reading

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

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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)