exploit

Definition

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

Etymology

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

Example Sentences

• "Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt."
• "The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit."
• "One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]"