The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy by Elizabeth Aston

Having married in haste, Alethea is now repenting bitterly, languishing under the unspeakable treatment of her horrid husband, Norris Napier. ) where Austen left off, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. The NSA&DOD urge everyone to update.In this delightful new chapter in the story of the Darcy clan, taken up by Ashton ( Mr. Hackers will develop tools to install malicious software. The NSA has found an exploit in Windows 10 that allows malicious files to be installed on your computer as approved updates. It seems his exploits are well known here in Iowa. Seems like all of those people let out a cheer when one Giannis Antetokounmpo was introduced.

Lower bowl is almost totally full and the upper deck is mostly full. Hilton Coliseum is pretty packed a few mins before tip-off. As a noun, it often refers to the achievements of a famous person, such as an athlete.Ī lot of romance is set in a not-quite fantasy land in which nobody rich ever exploits workers and gosh darn it hard work really does pay off and if someone gets sick we gloss over medical bills. Relatedly, the verb sense of exploit is sometimes used in this way, as in Hackers exploited the security hole to steal data.Īs a verb, exploit is commonly used in a negative way, especially in the context of workers who are being exploited for profit. In video games, players who’ve found an exploit can use it to take advantage of other players. A piece of software that takes advantage of such a flaw can also be called an exploit.

In the specific context of computing and especially software, an exploit is a bug or flaw in a system that makes it vulnerable to attack.

It is especially used in the plural to refer to acts that are considered heroic and are well known, as in His athletic exploits made him famous around the world. When used as a noun meaning “accomplishment,” exploit is usually used positively. In a more neutral sense, exploit can simply mean to use something for a benefit, as in We should exploit every opportunity we have to promote our product. It is often used in the context of businesses exploiting their workers by underpaying and overworking them. Today, the verb exploit is often used negatively, especially when it refers to taking advantage of people. It derives from the Latin explicātus, meaning “unfolded” or “set forth.” The first records of exploit as a verb also come from the 1300s, but it wasn’t until around the 1800s that it started to be used to refer to extracting natural resources from the earth, and then to using someone or something for one’s own selfish ends. Exploit has been used as a noun meaning “achievement” since at least the 1300s.

The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy by Elizabeth Aston