exploiter

noun

Definition of exploiternext
as in user

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Recent Examples of exploiter And what fame gave me, what addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool and an exploiter of women. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 And what fame gave me and what my addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool and an exploiter of women. — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, the lines between exploiter and exploited, powerful and powerless, hero and villain blur in ways that are sometimes satirical, sometimes sad and occasionally thrilling. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Republicans saw him as an exploiter of Bush’s insecurities and an opportunist who amassed power at the expense of Congress. — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploiter
  1. user
  2. predator
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  • National security applications include fuel rod scanners and port security systems, while industrial users rely on californium-252 for applications such as oil well logging, coal analysis and instrument calibration.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside optimizing the annual hardware cycle, Apple must also consider the annual cycle its user base has fallen into.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of user
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  • Statum has heard horror-stories about predators lurking on Instagram or Snapchat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The upshot is that humans will no longer be the apex predator on earth.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of predator

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