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The announcement came as the exploit was added to the open-source Metasploit framework for penetration testers.
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- noun An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one. See Synonyms at feat1.
- transitive verb To employ to the greatest possible advantage: exploit one's talents.
- transitive verb To make use of selfishly or unethically: a country that exploited peasant labor. See Synonyms at manipulate.
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- The enemy, whose well-planned enterprise his self-devotion had baffled, paid a cordial tribute of praise to his heroism, Ferdinand himself publicly expressing his regret at the fate of one whose valor had shed honor on every brother-soldier; but not the slightest notice had been taken of him by those in authority in France till his exploit was accidentally mentioned in the queen's apartments. — The Life of Marie Antoinette
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The announcement came as the exploit was added to the open-source Metasploit framework for penetration testers.
— Channel Register -
On the morning of March 15, 1915, the small British cruiser _Amethyst_ made a dash into the Narrows, which when reported led the British and French public to believe that the defense had been forced, but, as a matter of fact, this exploit was a bit of stratagem, being only designed to draw the fire of concealed batteries.
— The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes -
The time chosen for the exploit was a dark, stormy night, when the drumbeat of rain and the wind blowing in their direction would muffle the movements of the men as they cut paths through the barbed wires for their panther-like rush.
— My Second Year of the War -
"All he has to show for his exploit is a lot of bad rep and a pile of hacked accounts.
— Blah, Blah! Technology
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- Middle English, from Old French esploit, from Latin explicitum, neuter past participle of explicāre, to unfold; see explicate.
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/ (ĕkˈsploitˌ, ĭk-sploitˈ)/
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