exploit

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪt

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; […]

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: 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.

• ex-pilot

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

• exploot

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈploːt/

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.

From English exploit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksplɔi̯t/

exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (computing) exploit

Deverbal of exploiter.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.splwa/

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. exploit, feat

• performance

• exploitable
• exploitant
• exploitation
• exploiter
• exploiteur

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

Borrowed from French exploit.

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsplwa/

exploit m (invariable)

1. exploit, feat

   Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione

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

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. use; usage

• exploiter

Borrowed from English exploit.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eks.ˈplɔjt͡ʃ/

exploit m (plural exploits)

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