Exploit
Exploit , noun
[Old English esploit success, Old French esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, French exploit exploit, from Latin explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See Ply, and compare Explicit, Explicate.]
1.
A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises.
2.
Combat; war. [Obsolete]
He made haste to exploit some warlike service.
2.
To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
3.
Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent]
In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital “out of” anybody else.