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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exploit

▶verb /ɪkˈsplɔɪt, ɛk-/

1 make use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

2 make use of unfairly; benefit unjustly from the work of.

▶noun /ˈɛksplɔɪt/ a bold or daring feat.

– derivatives
exploitable adjective,
exploitation noun,
exploitative adjective,
exploiter noun,
exploitive adjective.

– origin ME (as n. in sense ‘success, progress’): from OFr. esploit, based on L. explicare (see explicate); the verb is from mod. Fr. exploiter.

'exploit' also found in these Oxford entries:

card - cash - commercialize - jest - leech - log - milk - parasitize - play - predatory - prey - tap - use - vamp - whipsaw

Forum discussions with the word(s) "exploit" in the title:

exploit past
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Sweat Vs Exploit
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