exploit

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The Fourth Amendment exists largely because governments predictably exploit opportunities to search broadly whenever those searches become easy.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

The report added: "The panel considered that these matters seriously undermined the standards expected of a teacher and he sought to exploit his position of trust."

From BBC • May 16, 2026

It is what’s known as a privilege escalation exploit, and if it were chained together with other attacks it could be used by a hacker to seize control of the computer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Thanks to the outstanding investigative work and quick coordination by the Ventura Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit, these defendants were stopped before they could further exploit a vulnerable senior citizen,” Ventura County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

PG&E was willing to put up extra money for research it might be able to exploit commercially, such as studies of “the utilization of electricity on the farm,” he wrote.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik