exploit

verb

• 1make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource):500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology

• 2make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand:the company was exploiting a legal loophole
• benefit unfairly from the work of (someone), typically by overworking or underpaying them:women are exploited in the workplace

noun

• a bold or daring feat: despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value