exploit
/ˈɛksplɔɪt/ noun C1- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- An achievement. · The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
- A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
Plural exploits
From the library
Josie walked the Barry fence with an airy unconcern which seemed to imply that a little thing like that wasn’t worth a “dare.” Reluctant admiration greeted her exploit, for most of the other girls could appreciate it, having suffered many things themselves in their efforts to walk fences.
He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.
He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them, so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit.
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