Synonyms of exploited

exploited

verb

past tense of exploit

1

as in used

to take unfair advantage of

the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• used
• abused
• manipulated
• leveraged
• milked
• played (on or upon)
• imposed (on or upon)
• traded on
• cheated
• capitalized (on)
• walked on
• worked
• pimped
• mistreated
• cashed in (on)
• fleeced
• overcharged
• commercialized
• skinned
• stuck
• soaked
• bled
• jerked around
• commodified

2

as in manipulated

to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means

a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manipulated
• played (upon)
• deceived
• engineered
• maneuvered
• tricked
• duped
• plotted
• jockeyed
• deluded
• devised
• fooled
• hoodwinked
• schemed
• gulled
• finagled
• defrauded
• swindled
• intrigued
• bluffed
• cozened
• fleeced
• beguiled
• masterminded
• hoaxed
• shanghaied
• snowed
• kidded
• contrived
• finessed
• arranged
• conned
• cheated
• took in
• chiseled
• machinated
• hustled

3

as in utilized

to put into action or service

it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• used
• utilized
• applied
• employed
• harnessed
• operated
• exercised
• brought to bear
• made use of
• drew on
• manipulated
• wielded
• handled
• worked
• directed
• reused
• recycled
• cannibalized
• ran

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• misused
• misapplied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exploited

The Russian ministry said attackers had exploited a vulnerability in its app's administrative panel, prompting officials to disconnect and isolate affected services. — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

The connection between the French and European incidents raises questions about whether attackers exploited similar weaknesses. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Attackers first exploited an admin authentication bypass to gain access, then used a separate SQL injection flaw to steal credentials and finally leveraged two additional issues to achieve remote code execution and plant a persistent web shell. — Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

As the Washington Post reports, the startup called Cathedral says its AI agents exploited vulnerabilities in business software to access meeting transcripts, details about salaries, job offers, and Slack messages — all in less than 12 hours. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 28 Oct. 2026

This notorious commercial entity, a precursor of the global corporations of today and big enough to command its own army, ruthlessly exploited foreign resources, human and material. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

That fateful decision further transforms him into a volatile shapeshifter whose preexisting lack of impulse control is further exploited by the nanos coursing through his veins. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

That signal can be aggregated, correlated, and exploited by hostile foreign intelligence services to anticipate our movements, targets, and timing. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

The outages weren’t actually the result of a hack, but rather preventative action as web engineers took sites down to fix the vulnerability before it was exploited. — Cameron Peters, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026