to exploit
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5.6
- verb
- /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/
:
explotar
- The terrorists are looking to exploit any sign of weakness.
- exploit people
- exploit women
- exploit the poor
I wasn't out there to, to exploit a story.
- I wasn't out there to, to exploit a story.
- Deceiving these workers, trapping them in their country, exploiting them, and then hiding them from view?
- And if someone has a weakness, you don't exploit it, You try to help that person.
- Enter AOC who never misses a chance to exploit a thing like this.
- Malignant narcissist, as I said, these are people that exploit a lot of people.
- And fear of not being in control of having somebody else dominate, exploit, abuse you right?
- It will find your weaknesses and exploit them.
- They're going to find what you're not good at and they're going to exploit that and you're going to lose.
- No, I think it exploits the streets, exploits the youth.
- They're going to use you and exploit you to get further along in their life.
- Sadly, some would be Leaders all across the world have been tempted to exploit difference and magnify division.
- We're all just content and and how can we exploit each other's content for for our own purposes.
- The cynical person would say, well, this is just people who want power exploiting a crisis.
- So when we're actually on top in this crazy game of politics, don't exploit it.
- We can use education, academia to help people, or we can use it to exploit people.
Examples
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Bullies frequently target people who are different from themselves, and they seek to exploit those differences.
Academic text (2008) -
And they exploit the working class, which would be the oppressed group.
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And I think that they use that data to exploit young people a lot.
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Know who they are and then exploit that to get their money.
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The fact that they have kids and they exploit them makes it a little less funny, unfortunately.
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-Their goal is to exploit your kindness and drag you down to their level before they move on to a new victim.
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They're going to use you and exploit you to get further along in their life.
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Insurgents could no longer exploit popular grievances about security, justice, and a lack of basic services.
Academic text (2011) -
Hoste focuses on the fate of exploited women and their state of dependence.
Fiction book (1994) -
The company tends to exploit cheap labor to maximize its profits.
Synonyms
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6.3
To treat someone only as a way to get what you want
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4.6
To use a person or situation to get an unfair benefit for yourself
474
1.2
To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
465
2.5
Use someone's trust or weakness to get something unfairly
183
4.3
To use something in a way that harms
114
5.4
To use resources such as money or influence to gain an advantage
75
7.8
To use people who are weak or trusting to get what you want
36
7.6
To try to get an unfair advantage by using the rules
1
8.0
To use a person or thing to get benefit while giving little back
To trick someone and steal all their money and belongings
To get money by unfair use of rules
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A hole in software that attackers use before developers release a fix
How Exploitative
152
6.5
- NSFW
344
3.7
214
5.6
465
2.5
∞
6.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exploit comes from an old French word esploit meaning 'a deed' and later 'to use'. Over time it gained the negative idea of using people or situations unfairly for your own advantage, so to exploit someone is to take advantage of them.