n. | 1. | A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; |
2. | Combat; war. | |
2. | To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; | |
3. | Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. |
Noun | 1. | exploit - a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort" |
Verb | 1. | exploit - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" Synonyms: work |
2. | exploit - draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" Synonyms: tap | |
3. | exploit - work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" Synonyms: overwork |
(security) | exploit - A security hole or an instance of taking advantage
of a security hole. "[...] hackers say exploit. sysadmins say hole" -- Mike Emke. Emke reports that the stress is on the second syllable. If this is true, this may be a case of hackerly zero-deriving verbs (especially instantials) from nouns, akin to "write" as a noun to describe an instance of a disk drive writing to a disk. |