Thesaurus results for PIMPED

pimped

verb

past tense of pimp

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to take unfair advantage of a movie actress who pimped everybody she ever met as she clawed her way to the top

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Recent Examples of pimped For five years, Ave and the other children trapped there — three of them aged six and under — were brutally pimped by their trafficker until a neighbor summoned the cops. — Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025

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Silicon carbide is widely used in applications such as electric vehicle inverters, while gallium nitride supports compact, fast-switching power converters.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
The social media lawsuits have helped inform parents and the public about how the industry designs products used by teenagers and children, McNally said.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

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State judges who take these cases look for proof that applicants cannot safely return to their home country, have been abused, abandoned or neglected by one or both parents, and that reunification with a parent is not possible.

— Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Travis Kelce, a future Hall of Fame selection who abused the Dolphins earlier this season, capitalizing on a handful of the players where Taaffe was responsible for his coverage.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of abused

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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, 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

Definition of exploited

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Brand was chaotic, dismissive and manipulated the people around him.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
The company says its investigation has yet to reveal any evidence that any investigation data has been accessed or Chainalysis attribution data has been manipulated.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of manipulated

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The idiosyncrasy to California’s film and TV tax credit program has been leveraged by competing states and foreign countries to coax productions into leaving.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 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

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