Relations. exploit, vile, smell a rat, exploitative. Relations between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appear to have sunk to a new low.

Domestic Political Pressures Widen Divide Between Biden and Netanyahu

Relations between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appear to have sunk to a new low.

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From the Shadow of the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ to Debt Settlement

Ryan Sasson built a business that reaped hundreds of millions in fees for helping people negotiate down their debts. But many say it was exploitative.

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Browser Exploit for Android Highlights Google’s Update Problem

Google has no way to push updates to devices running Android software, making the devices vulnerable to malware.
Eploitative writers have argued (for instance) that his relationship with Mrs. Moore was not only sexual rather than platonic but masochistic as well.






vile misinterpretation

18th-Century French Chateau Razed 'By Mistake'

A Polish millionaire says his workers accidentally destroyed the 18th century chateau he was renovating, but villagers in the vineyard town of Yvrac smell a rat.


smell a rat
informal suspect trickery or deception.

to suspect that something is wrong; to sense that someone has caused something wrong. I don't think this was an accident. I smell a rat. Bob had something to do with this. The minute I came in, I smelled a rat. Sure enough, I had been robbed.

vile
(vīl)
adj., vil·er, vil·est.

1. Loathsome; disgusting: vile language.
2. Unpleasant or objectionable: vile weather. See synonyms at offensive.
3. 1. Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate.
   2. Of mean or low condition.
4. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence.
5. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked: a vile conspiracy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīlis, cheap, worthless.]

vilely vile'ly adv.
vileness vile'ness n.

[形]（vil・er, vil・est）

1 ((略式))〈物・事・行為が〉ひどく悪い；非常にいやな, 不愉快きわまる；嫌悪の情を起こさせる；〈場所などが〉不潔な, きたない

a vile smell
いやなにおい

vile housing
ひどい住居

a vile climate
不快な気候

He has a vile temper.
怒りっぽい性格だ.

2 〈思想・行為などが〉卑しむべき, 卑劣な, さもしい, 堕落した；〈言葉などが〉みだらな, 品のない

vile language
みだらな言葉.

3 〈生活・食事などが〉みすぼらしい, 貧弱な；〈作品などが〉拙劣［粗末］な；〈人が〉ひどい境遇［身分］の；〈境遇・仕事などが〉卑しい

vile labor
卑しい仕事.

4 ((古))ほとんど価値のない；〈報酬・金額が〉取るに足らない.

［古フランス語←ラテン語vīlis（卑しい）］

exploitative

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/

(also exploitive /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv, ɪk-/)

Definition of exploitative

adjective

making use of a situation or treating others unfairly in order to gain an advantage or benefit:an exploitative form of labour

exploit
n.
An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one. See synonyms at feat¹.
 

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksplɔɪt

 

• 1a bold or daring feat: despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value

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2a software tool designed to take advantage of a flaw in a computer system, typically for malicious purposes such as installing malware: if someone you don’t know tweets you a link, it’s either spam, an exploit, or probably both

tr.v., -ploit·ed, -ploit·ing, -ploits. (ĭk-sploit', ĕk'sploit')

1. To employ to the greatest possible advantage: exploit one's talents.
2. To make use of selfishly or unethically: a country that exploited peasant labor. See synonyms at manipulate.
3. To advertise; promote.

[Middle English, from Old French esploit, from Latin explicitum, neuter past participle of explicāre, to unfold. See explicate.]

exploitability ex·ploit'a·bil'i·ty n.
exploitable ex·ploit'a·ble adj.
exploitative ex·ploit'a·tive or ex·ploit'ive adj.
exploitatively ex·ploit'a·tive·ly or ex·ploit'ive·ly adv.
exploiter ex·ploit'er n.

[動](他)

1 …を（利益・営利のために）利用する；…を（利己的目的のために）不当に使う, 食い物にする, 搾取する

exploit one's privileges
特権を乱用する

They were exploited by the landlord.
地主に搾取された.

2 〈資源・市場などを〉開発［開拓］する；〈販売を〉（宣伝によって）促進する.

[名]((通例〜s))英雄的行為, 偉業, 手柄

sing a person's exploits
人の功績をほめたたえる.