exploiter

> exploiter
(verb)
to exploit.
to cultivate (terre).
to farm (une terre).
to work (mine) [preterit : worked or wrought, past participle : worked or wrought].
to mine (une mine).
to run (commerce) [preterit : ran, past participle : run].
to skin (les clients).
Expressions :
Exploiter un brevet : to work a patent.
Exploiter une couche de houille : to mine a coal bed.
Exploiter une mine d'or : to mine for gold.
to work a gold mine.