What is that word that is used to say someone «takes advantage of the situation». This word usually has a mildly negative connotation. It is related to being clever.
FumbleFingers
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asked Aug 26, 2012 at 6:46
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The word closest to that definition is probably opportunist, although historically it has been used in a rather specialised sense.
answered Aug 26, 2012 at 6:53
Barrie EnglandBarrie England
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I feel that the word most closely associated with taking advantage of a situation is exploit which also carries a slightly negative connotation.
answered Aug 26, 2012 at 9:19
Have you considered Exploitative?
exploiting or tending to exploit; especially : unfairly or cynically
using another person or group for profit or advantage
«exploitative terms of employment»
«an exploitative film»
Merriam-Webster has its first-known use as 1885.
answered Aug 26, 2012 at 9:27
Capitalise — draw advantages from; «he is capitalizing on her mistake»; «she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover»
answered Jun 15, 2013 at 18:44
ConnorConnor
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Cunning, which according to OED means:
1 having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion: a cunning look came into his eyes.
answered Aug 26, 2012 at 6:54
NoahNoah
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There is also hustler and wheeler dealer
hustler, wheeler dealer : a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
answered Aug 26, 2012 at 7:02
JimJim
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I am surprised no-one has come up with «a profiteer» (very close the word we would use in French: «un profiteur»)
Definition in the Cambridge Online Dictionary:
a person who takes advantage of a situation in which other people are suffering to make a profit, often by selling goods that are difficult to get at a high price:
a war profiteer
Apart from the fact that not much cleverness is involved in it, it seems pretty close to what the person asking the question was looking for, seems to me.
answered Dec 8, 2019 at 19:04
user58319user58319
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For a word with less negative connotations, I would suggest the word astute.
Here’s the definition from oxforddictionaries.com:
having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage:
an astute businessman
answered Aug 27, 2012 at 2:13
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пользуются преимуществами
не воспользовались
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The fear of being taken advantage of plays a depressingly large role in some discussions of funding public education.
Страх быть принятым преимущество играет весьма большую роль в некоторых обсуждениях финансирования государственного образования.
In earlier times it helped farmers who were being taken advantage of by grain monopolies and private banks.
I think it’s scandalous that seafarers from other countries are being taken advantage of in this way.
This can lead to duplication of efforts, or opportunities not being taken advantage of.
Это может приводить к дублированию усилий и неиспользованию имеющихся возможностей.
I’m already being taken advantage of at my babysitting job.
I would hate to find out I’m being taken advantage of.
I just saw an opportunity here that wasn’t being taken advantage of.
I can’t do it and feel like I’m being taken advantage of.
Я не могу делать это и чувствовать, что мной пользуются.
I’m concerned about our son being taken advantage of again.
I would hate to find out I’m being taken advantage of.
Я расстроюсь, если выяснится, что меня использовали.
Obviously, people are angry because they are being taken advantage of.
He thinks she’s just being taken advantage of.
It is that loophole that is being taken advantage of.
There’s been a big problem in the past with artists being taken advantage of.
There is a tendency to idealise your partner which can lead to you being taken advantage of.
Сейчас вы склонны идеализировать партнера, что впоследствии может привести к разочарованию.
Many people worked very lard and hard to help protect children from being taken advantage of by the industries.
Многие люди работали с большим количеством сала и старались защитить детей от того, чтобы их использовали промышленности.
Can we be kind and compassionate without being taken advantage of?
Unfortunately those resources are not being taken advantage of.
However, always make sure that you’re not being taken advantage of here.
Thankfully, we’ve been able to keep them from being taken advantage of.
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Послушай, я вижу подобных мошенников постоянно и не хочу, чтобы тобой пользовались.
That article currently addresses two types
of
statutory rape:(a)
rape that occurs as a result
of
a woman’s inexperience or her trust being
taken advantage
of and(b) rape that occurs through deception.
В настоящее время эта статья регулирует два типа изнасилования:
a изнасилование, являющееся результатом отсутствия опыта или проявления доверия; b изнасилование в результате обмана.
You‘re
taking advantage
of him like this?
Вот такую ты от него выгоду получаешь?
But Emmy apparently got tired
of being taken advantage
of by her pimp, so she organized the other girls
and tried to cut him out.
Но Эми, очевидно, устала от своего сутенера, так что организовала другую группу проституток
и попыталась вытеснить его.
The idea behind fair trade teas
is
to
ensure that developing economies
are
not
being taken
advantage
of
and that tea producers
are
working on a sustainable basis.
Идея справедливой торговли чаи-
обеспечить развивающиеся страны принимаются не преимуществом и что чай, которыми производители работают на устойчивой основе.
It
was
noted that the free flow
of
people, goods, services and capital and
the contemporary efforts to increase regional integration
were being
taken
advantage of
and abused by organized criminal groups that identified new opportunities
and expanded their operations across frontiers into new markets.
Было отмечено, что свободное передвижение людей, товаров, услуг и капиталов,
а также предпринимаемые в настоящее время усилия с целью расширить региональную интеграцию, используются и эксплуатируются организованными преступными группировками, открывшими для себя новые возможности и расширившими свою
деятельность с перенесением ее через границы на новые рынки.
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WORDS RELATED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
- avail oneself of
- exploit
- gain
- make capital of
- obtain
- profit
- realize
- subsidize
- take advantage of
- availing oneself of
- exploiting
- gaining
- making capital of
- obtaining
- profiting
- realizing
- subsidizing
- taking advantage of
- bamboozle
- be dishonest
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- mislead
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- put up a smokescreen
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
- bamboozles
- beats
- beats out of
- beguiles
- betrays
- bilks
- buffalos
- burns
- cheats
- circumvents
- clips
- cons
- cozens
- crosses up
- defrauds
- deludes
- disappoints
- double-crosses
- dupes
- ensnares
- entraps
- fakes
- falsifies
- fleeces
- fools
- gouges
- gulls
- hoaxes
- hoodwinks
- hooks
- humbugs
- imposes upon
- leads on
- outwits
- plays joke on
- pulls fast one
- puts on
- robs
- scams
- screws
- sells
- skins
- sucks in
- swindles
- takes advantage of
- takes for
- takes for ride
- takes in
- takes to cleaners
- tricks
- victimizes
- accept
- accommodate
- admit
- adopt
- avail oneself of
- comprehend
- comprise
- contain
- cover
- deal with
- embody
- enclose
- encompass
- espouse
- get into
- go in for
- grab
- have
- incorporate
- involve
- make use of
- provide for
- receive
- seize
- subsume
- take advantage of
- take in
- take on
- take up
- welcome
- accepts
- accommodates
- admits
- adopts
- avails oneself of
- comprehends
- comprises
- contains
- covers
- deals with
- embodies
- encloses
- encompasses
- espouses
- gets into
- goes in for
- grabs
- has
- incorporates
- involves
- makes use of
- provides for
- receives
- seizes
- subsumes
- takes advantage of
- takes in
- takes on
- takes up
- welcomes
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take — взятие, дубль, захват, сбор, выручка, улов, принимать, брать, считать, занимать
advantage — преимущество, польза, плюс, перевес, способствовать, благоприятствовать
Примеры
You need to act fast to take advantage of this offer.
Нужно поторопиться, чтобы воспользоваться этим предложением.
If you appear to be soft, people take advantage of you.
Если ты проявишь мягкость, то люди будут использовать тебя в своих интересах.
They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity.
Им посоветовали использовать эту возможность.
He never seems to notice when people take advantage of him.
Он как будто не замечает, когда люди пользуются его добротой.
Take advantage of off-peak reductions for package holidays.
Воспользуйтесь скидкой на турпутевки в мёртвый сезон.
The company is positioning itself to take advantage of a new market.
Компания пытается занять выгодное положение, чтобы воспользоваться преимуществами нового рынка.
You need to be firm with her or she’ll try to take advantage of you.
С ней нужно быть твёрдым, иначе она попробует вами воспользоваться.
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In English there is the concept of somebody who is a ‘leech’, and takes advantage of a second person’s resources or generosity, financially or otherwise.
What word or phrase could be used to denote the one who is leeched from?
I don’t mind whether there are positive or negative connotations to the word – “sugar daddy” is a good American example but not suitable for my (British / Scottish) context. To me this is a good example because it explicitly implies the ongoing leeching relationship, and is not simply an attribute of the person.
edit: In the specific usage I’m looking for, the provision is given consciously by the second party. Beyond that, I don’t mind whether the giving relationship is willing or reluctant, personally (e.g. parent) or impersonally (e.g. bank). The word or phrase must function sensibly in the following sentence: “I am not your _____”
Answer
In British English a person is often called a mug if they have allowed someone to take advantage of them (it’s a little like being the mark of a scam, but with mark you don’t know whether the scam succeeded or failed—with mug you know it worked). I think it’s a carney term.
You probably wouldn’t say “I’m not your mug” but you’d say “I’m not a mug”—or “Do you take me for a mug?” or “What sort of mug do you think I am?”
American English gives us chump and sucker along the same lines.
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