Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-PLOIT', n. [Fr. exploit; Norm. exploit, esploit, dispatch; expleiter, to be dispatched, exercised or employed; plait, dispatch; Arm. espled, espledi, explet.]

1. A deed or act; more especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; a great or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander, of Cesar, of Washington. [Exploiture, in a like sense, is not in use.]
2. In a ludicrous sense, a great act of wickedness.