exploit

== English == === Etymology === From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb). === Pronunciation === (noun) enPR: ĕks'ploit, IPA(key): /ˈɛksplɔɪt/ (verb) enPR: ĭksploit', IPA(key): /ɪksˈplɔɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔɪt === Noun === exploit (plural exploits) A heroic or extraordinary deed. An achievement. (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software. (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited) (transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit. Synonyms: take advantage of, use, utilize (transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage. Coordinate terms: take advantage of, abuse, misuse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Polexit == 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) (law) a legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: eksploit === Etymology 2 === From English exploit. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛksplɔi̯t/ ==== Noun ==== exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n) (computing) exploit == French == === Etymology === Deverbal from exploiter. Corresponds with Old French espleit; cf. Latin explicitus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.splwa/ === Noun === exploit m (plural exploits) exploit, feat Synonym: performance ==== Related terms ==== exploitable exploitant exploitation exploiter exploiteur ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: exploit === Further reading === “exploit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French exploit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eksˈplwa/** Rhymes: -a === Noun === exploit m (invariable) exploit, feat Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione === References === === Further reading === exploit in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Middle French == === Noun === exploit m (plural exploits) use; usage ==== Related terms ==== exploiter == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English exploit. === Pronunciation === (Brazil) IPA(key): /eks.ˈplɔjt͡ʃ/ === Noun === exploit m (plural exploits) (computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)