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ex·ploit·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exploitedadjective

    developed or used to greatest advantage

  2. exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimisedadjective

    of persons; taken advantage of

    "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"

Wikipedia

  1. exploited

    Exploit means to take advantage of something (a person, situation, etc.) for one's own end, especially unethically or unjustifiably.

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  1. exploited

    Exploited refers to the action of using or treating someone or something unfairly or unethically in order to benefit from their work, resources, or situation. It often involves taking advantage of someone's vulnerability, weakness, or lack of power. This term can be applied to a wide range of contexts, including social, economic, environmental, or political situations.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exploited in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exploited in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of exploited in a Sentence

  1. Christine Caine:

    There is so much power in gathering together, in showing up in force and saying, There are more of us against slavery than for it, by coming together, on one day around the world, we believe awareness will spread and lead to the identification and restoration of people who are being exploited in vast numbers.

  2. Ron Vitiello:

    This is going to cause more chaos at our border, it's going to increase what we've seen… thousands of people coming into the United States every 24 hours, families, children, people in that pipeline being exploited for human trafficking, the drug smugglers, the cartels controlling the border, versus us and our agents out there patrolling the border.

  3. Julia Misley:

    I want this action to expose an industry that protects celebrity offenders, to cleanse and hold accountable an industry that both exploited and allowed me to be exploited for years, along with so many other naïve and vulnerable kids and adults.

  4. Dean Garfield:

    Encryption is a security tool we rely on everyday to stop criminals from draining our bank accounts, to shield our cars and airplanes from being taken over by malicious hacks, we deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community’s work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys.

  5. Samson Williams:

    Cryptocurrencies don't solve living wages, they don't address unemployment, black folks are so eager and so thirsty for financial inclusion and economic opportunity that by default we are more ripe for being exploited.

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