exploit, n.m., exploit, achievement, feat, deed; (jur.) writ, process. Dresser un —; to draw up a writ. Signifier un —; to serve a writ.
exploitabilité, n.f., workableness.
exploitable, adj., workable, that may be turned to account; improvable; (jur.) distrainable. Cette mine est encore —; that mine may still be worked.
exploitant, n.m., worker (of mines); farmer, grower. adj., huissier —; (jur.) process server.
exploitation, n.f., working; improving (lands); cultivation (of wood); employing, using; taking advantage of, cheating. — d’un champ; (agri.) cultivation of a field. — par compartiments; (mining) panel-work. — par grande taille; long-work. — rurale; farming. Matériel d’—; working-stock. En —; being worked; in activity. Mettre en —; to work. — de l’homme par l’homme; profiting by the labor of others; sweating system.
exploiter, v.a., to work; to improve; to cultivate for sale; to use; to make the most of. — une mine; to work a mine; to take advantage of, to impose upon. — un bois; to cultivate a wood for sale. — une place; to make the most of a situation. — la curiosité publique; to speculate upon public curiosity. Cet homme m’a exploité; that man has cheated or taken advantage of me.
☉exploiter, v.n., to serve writs.
s’exploiter, v.r., to be worked, to take advantage one of the other.
exploiteur, n.m., (b.s.) person who takes advantage (of others), who works, who uses (others); sweater.