exploitverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/us/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/exploit verb [ T ] (USE WELL)
B2 to use something in a way that helps you:
We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible.
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- The increased globalization of the commodity trading business is something we must exploit.
- Exporters can currently exploit the favourable exchange rates.
- When a great opportunity like that comes along, you'd be a fool not to exploit it.
- We have a lot of knowledge and experience in this department that we are not currently exploiting fully.
- Finding myself in a dream situation, I exploited it to the full.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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exploit verb [ T ] (USE UNFAIRLY)
B2 to use someone or something unfairly for your own advantage:
Laws exist to stop companies exploiting their employees.
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- This planet on which we all live should be cherished and not exploited.
- He was portrayed as a ruthless opportunist who exploited the publicity at every opportunity.
- High street banks have been accused of exploiting small firms.
- The minister was sacked for exploiting his position for his own personal gain.
- She frequently exploits her authority by getting other people to do things for her.
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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exploitable
adjective uk/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.tə.bəl/us/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.t̬ə.bəl/
The coal mine is no longer commercially exploitable (= can no longer be used for profit).
The lack of jobs in this area means that the workforce is easily exploitable (= employers can use workers unfairly for their own advantage).
exploitnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈek.splɔɪt/us/ˈek.splɔɪt/something unusual, brave, or funny that someone has done:
She was telling me about her exploits while travelling around Africa.
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Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- initiative
- manoeuvre
- manoeuvring
- money
- up to
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