milking

verb

present participle of milk
as in exploiting
to take unfair advantage of unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth

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Recent Examples of milking Simon has been milking for forty-eight years. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Potter said companies across the travel industry are seeing the same trend – and milking it. — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 And Ainesworth threw cold water on the notion that firefighters are milking the workers’ compensation system. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026 Every morning, hundreds of sheep arrive for milking in the village from the high pastures of Mount Nemrut, Turkey. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The corporate overlords may have put the break on the movies, but the streamer has been regularly pumping out TV shows in order to keep milking the franchise dry. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 Justin Trudeau’s eldest son, an aspiring musician, is milking his dad’s relationship with Katy Perry for his own art. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026 In Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, farmer Mindy Dean, 50, and her family will be milking their goats Saturday and maybe taking in some local fireworks. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 This is due to too many undercard fights, Netflix airing ads during their live events, as well as the streamer milking the whole endeavor for as long as possible to increase their viewership numbers, since Netflix measures its viewership by views multiplied by hours watched. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milking
  1. exploiting
  2. using
  3. abusing
  4. leveraging
  5. manipulating
Verb
  • But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • The 2018 games in Russia similarly came under fire for accusations of bribery and exploiting workers.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of using
Verb
  • Witt claimed that Golubski — who in 2024 faced trial for allegations including terrorizing and abusing Black women in KCK for decades before killing himself the day it was scheduled to begin — also abused her late cousin, Elaine Greene.
    — Sofi Zeman July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The parents are also accused of abusing their 5-year-old daughter, who is also morbidly overweight, according to the complaint.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of abusing
Verb
  • Scammers are exploiting this urgency, leveraging advanced AI to create highly convincing fake retail websites and social media ads.
    — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • How Raúl Jiménez is leveraging his Premier League experience to help Mexico vs England.
    — Alex Connor, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of leveraging
Verb
  • This is by no means the first time that HAARP has been accused of controlling or manipulating the weather.
    — Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • After Cape Fear anchors us in those assurances, the men’s enmity continues manipulating our expectations and our beliefs.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of manipulating

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