<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by using the strength and weight of an adversary to disable him.</li><li>The use of an opponent's strengths or one's own weaknesses to accomplish one's goals: "That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu, the way she handily won the debate."</li><li>A prime example of touristic jujitsu, where the town of Vacaville turned its isolation into an attraction in itself.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To turn (a situation) to one's advantage by exploiting one's own weaknesses or another's strengths, as in a social or political relationship: "He deftly jujitsued the conversation to make my knowledge of the subject seem pretentious."</li></ul>