Thesaurus results for CASHED IN (ON)

cashed in (on)

verb

past tense of cash in (on)

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to take unfair advantage of some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy

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The fraudsters used deepfakes to pose as the company’s chief financial officer on a video call.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Metallurgical coal used for steelmaking was the last critical material to be given the designation in 2025.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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The charges come with additional special allegations, around the victim’s vulnerability and that Tapia abused a trustworthy position.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Early American corporate charters, after all, were granted for limited public purposes and could be revoked when abused.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of abused

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In their complaint, the US alleged that Alfozan used an OpenAI productivity agent to research which conference rooms might be best exploited for his spying.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
In one case, Claude exploited a software flaw on a university server to run commands after a scientific analysis tool stopped working.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of exploited

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The indictment alleges that Lucas, who was first elected to the Senate in 1991, leveraged her position as chairman of the powerful committee to protect her marijuana enterprise.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
One of those companies, which leveraged real-time location data, was acquired by Twitter in 2013.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of leveraged

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But the things that tend to be more manageable are interiors, like a child's bedroom, but even those have so many details that have to be thought of and designed and built and manipulated.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Pentagon has not manipulated the service.

— Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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