weaponize
verb
weap·on·ize
ˈwe-pə-ˌnīz 
weaponized; weaponizing
: to adapt for use as a weapon of war
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Debbie Day, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Or does Microsoft think Copilot is currently outstanding and self-serving competitors like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who weaponizes Gartner's industry judgments, are simply wrong.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
In the film, a scientist (Duhamel) steals an experiment and hides off the grid in Europe to prevent it from becoming weaponized.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
This $100 million incident serves as a stark reminder of how social engineering and AI are weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities within existing identity and access management frameworks.
—Bojan Šimić, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Debbie Day, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Or does Microsoft think Copilot is currently outstanding and self-serving competitors like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who weaponizes Gartner's industry judgments, are simply wrong.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
In the film, a scientist (Duhamel) steals an experiment and hides off the grid in Europe to prevent it from becoming weaponized.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
This $100 million incident serves as a stark reminder of how social engineering and AI are weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities within existing identity and access management frameworks.
—Bojan Šimić, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Weaponize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weaponize. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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