EXPLOITED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

exploited

verb

Definition of exploited

past tense of exploit

as in used

to take unfair advantage of the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him

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as in manipulated

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain

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as in utilized

to put into action or service it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest

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Recent Examples of exploited Three more defendants have been sentenced to a total of 155 months in prison for their role in the Feeding Our Future Fraud scheme–the $250 MILLION scheme that exploited a program intended to feed thousands of children in Minnesota. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026 Early on July 11, agent 38148c found and exploited a zero-day in the Hugging Face handling of HDF5 files. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 According to OpenAI, its models escaped a sandboxed testing environment, accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability to gain access to Hugging Face’s systems while trying to find information to cheat on an evaluation. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 But this is a back-five team, and they were exploited way too often with long balls down the sides, as illustrated by Fulham’s progressive passing map below. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The doc would soon be marred with legal issues as Williams’ guardian argued the network exploited Williams. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 Jeffrey Epstein created an empire that exploited and trafficked girls and young women while powerful people looked the other way. — Jodi Bondi Norgaard, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Criminal groups have exploited the core financial and commercial infrastructure that developed in response to China’s strict capital controls and its industrial overcapacity. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026 But in recent weeks, Moscow has repeatedly exploited Kyiv’s near-zero stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles, which are needed to defend against faster-moving ballistic missiles. — Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Bleach should never be used on a mattress, even if it’s diluted.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Even so, Wemlinger says the combo was used in much the same way throughout the home.

— Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of used

Verb

Daily cargo operations The limestone transported by MV Yampu will be utilized to produce cement for homes, schools, hospitals, roads and other infrastructure in Victoria and South Australia.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Toronto utilized seven pitchers in a bullpen game and registered eight strikeouts.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of utilized

Verb

Furious season 1 wrapped up the case as Alice arrested Catherine at Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) house — the site where Catherine and her friend Isabel (Larissa Campos) were abused.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
That series revealed just how little many local police departments are doing to make sure street-camera data is not being abused.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of abused

Verb

Companies like Samsung have leveraged the power of transistors to build a wide range of devices and used their industrial prowess to produce them at scale.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
During their careers, Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, Matt Damon, Ariana Grande and more A-listers have leveraged their fame and fortune for causes close to their hearts.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of leveraged

Verb

The Dispatch reported that an EMCC Athletics representative would not confirm whether Stephens remains employed by the school in another capacity.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Chicago police employed 1,102 total detectives as of May 2023, and 1,163 as of last week.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of employed

Verb

Stephanie Leshney, founder of Dabble & Dollop, harnessed her more than two decades in the natural ingredient industry to create her line of minimal ingredients, especially bath bombs.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Vibe coding became real with Lovable, lawyers harnessed Harvey, doctors slashed admin with the likes of Abridge and even the common office worker became far smarter with note taking assistants like Granola.

— Sanjot Malhi, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

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