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exploitatory

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ex⋅ploit

2  [ik-sploit]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to utilize, esp. for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
2. to use selfishly for one's own ends: employers who exploit their workers.
3. to advance or further through exploitation; promote: He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances.
Origin:
1375–1425; < F exploiter, deriv. of exploit (n.); r. late ME expleiten to achieve < AF espleiter, deriv. of espleit (n.). See exploit 1

Related forms:
ex⋅ploit⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅ploit⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ex⋅ploit⋅a⋅tive, ex⋅ploit⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [ik-sploi-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , ex⋅ploit⋅ive, adjective
ex⋅ploit⋅er, noun
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Word Origin & History

exploit  (n.)
1393, from O.Fr. esploit, a very common v., used in senses of "action, deed, profit, achievement," from L. explicitum "a thing settled, ended, displayed," neut. of explicitus, pp. of explicare "unfold" (see explicit). Sense evolution is from "unfolding" to "bringing out" to "having advantage" to "achievement." The v. (M.E. espleiten, esploiten) meant "to accomplish;" the sense of "use selfishly" first arising 1838, as an adoption of Fr. exploiter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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