exploited
Example Sentences
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While the operation resulted in a total of 43 arrests across Scotland, police were keen to highlight work done to help those they say were being exploited.
From BBC
The idea that everyone’s opinion about anything is an asset just waiting to be exploited suggests that we’re no longer talking about the wisdom of crowds, but the wisdom of you, the individual bettor.
From Los Angeles Times
But that twist was not the only loose protocol that could be exploited.
From Salon
Asked if she felt exploited, she described accepting an under two dollars an hour pay rate as "not her finest hour".
From BBC
The classic example remains the 2009 season, when Brawn GP exploited an aerodynamic loophole with an innovation known as a “double diffuser.”
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