meaning of exploits

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.
2. Combat; war.
3. 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.
4. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
5. exploit A security hole or an instance of taking advantage of a security hole. "[. . . ] hackers say exploit. sysadmins say hole" -- Mike Emke http://emke. com/. 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.
6. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest ">effort"

Related Words

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