EXPLOIT

feat, effort, exploit

(noun) a notable achievement; “he performed a great feat”; “the book was her finest effort”

exploit, work

(verb) 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”

exploit, tap

(verb) draw from; make good use of; “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”

overwork, exploit

(verb) work excessively hard; “he is exploiting the students”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

exploit (plural exploits)

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

An achievement.

(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.

Verb

exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)

(transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.

Synonyms: take advantage of, use

(transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

Anagrams

• ex-pilot

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*ploit", n. Etym: [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p.p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex+plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate.]

1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.

2. Combat; war. [Obs.] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland.

2. Etym: [F. exploiter.]

Definition: To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]

3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent] In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital "out of" anybody else. W. G. Sumner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition