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exploit

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɛksplɔɪt

Definitions

  1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
  2. An achievement.
  3. A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
  4. An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

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Examples

“Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt.”
“The first trek to the summit of Mount⟳ Everest was a stunning exploit.”
“One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]”
“For example, you can create⟳ PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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