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)

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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 f, gesta f
• Dutch: heldendaad c
• Esperanto: heroaĵo
• French: exploit (fr) m
• German: Heldentat f
• Hungarian: hőstett (hu)
• Italian: gesto eroico m, gesta eroiche f pl, gesta f pl
• Maori: rāwekeweke, mahi rāwekeweke
• 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) (postižénie)
• Dutch: wapenfeit f

• 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.

§Synonyms

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

§Translations

use for one’s advantage

• Arabic: استغل (istaġala)
• Bulgarian: използвам (bg) (izpolzvam), експлоатирам (bg) (eksploatiram)
• Catalan: explotar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利用 (zh) (lìyòng), 剝削, 剥削 (zh) (bōxuē), 開發, 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
• Hebrew: ניצל (nitsél)
• 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: explorar (pt)
• Romanian: exploata (ro), a abuza (de)
• Russian: эксплуатировать (ru) (ekspluatírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan feum de
• Serbo-Croatian: израбити (izrabiti)
• Spanish: explotar (es), aprovechar (es)
• Swedish: exploatera (sv), utnyttja (sv)
• Welsh: gweithio (cy)
• ǃXóõ: ǂgàa

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§Dutch

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§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

§Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. exploit, feat

§Synonyms

• performance

§Related terms

• exploitable
• exploitant
• exploitation
• exploiter
• exploiteur

§External links

• “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

§Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. (computing) exploit (computing vulnerability)