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exploit
I (make use of) verb apply, avail oneself of, bring into play, capitalize on, consume, employ, exercise, fall back on, find useful, implement, make the most of, manipulate, operate, profit by, put in practice, put into action, put into operation, put to service, put to use, put to work, resort to, set in motion, set to work, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize, wield, work II (take advantage of) verb abuse, do an injustice to, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, manipulate, milk, misapply, misappropriate, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, mishandle, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, oppress, overburden, overtask, overtax, overuse, overwork, persecute, put to wrong use, turn selfishly to one's own account, use badly, use improperly, use selfishly, use wrongly, victimize III index bilk, capitalize (seize the chance), employ (make use of), endeavor, manipulate (control unfairly), operation, ply, transaction

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006