exploited
Example Sentences
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Muse engineers said the bot had exploited a permissions setting on his Mac computer he didn’t realize was applicable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The hack probably isn’t; ShinyHunters claims to have exploited a flaw in software made by Oracle.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Luke Clements, of the CPS proceeds of crime division, said the former NCA officer had "exploited a position of trust for personal gain".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The reports cataloged personal information and points of leverage that can eventually be exploited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
We must come to see, too, how our economic insecurities and racial resentments have been exploited for political gain, and how this manipulation has caused suffering for people of all colors.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing exploited
The Hate U Give
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
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