🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

ausbeuten

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ausbeuten

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exploit/ɪkˈsplɔɪt/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Arbeiter sollten niemals ausgebeutet werden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bold or daring feat.

    "His wartime exploits became legendary."
As verb
  1. 1

    Make full use of and derive benefit from a resource, or use unfairly for one's own advantage.

    "The company was accused of trying to exploit immigrant labor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'exploit' (achievement, benefit), stemming from the Latin verb 'explicare' meaning 'to unfold' or 'to explain'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted in English from a noble achievement or heroic feat to utilizing a situation or resource selfishly, and eventually into technical contexts like cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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