The leave campaign certainly capitalised on what is often termed "populist sentiment", meaning disillusionment with elites.
Jeremy Anwyl, chief executive of analyst Edmunds.com, said: "GM certainly capitalised on the unique opportunities afforded by the unusual version of a bankruptcy it went through, and so comparisons with past years must be taken with a grain of salt".
But if Mr Erdoğan did not engineer the breakdown, he has certainly capitalised on it, repeatedly painting a picture of a country beset by terrorists of various stripes and accusing the HDP of being a PKK proxy.
"When you have got that dominance, you've got to capitalise on that, certainly in the position we're in at this moment in time.
The IOC's decision to fast-track slopestyle's admission to the Olympics was almost certainly prompted by a desire to capitalise on snowboarding's growing trendiness.
"We certainly didn't start the industry, but we capitalised on it," she clarifies, in case anyone mistakes her for a breast-beating southern softie.
It was hard not to draw parallels between what we were doing and the phone hacking case that sparked the inquiry; we weren't hacking phones, but it certainly felt like we were hacking into and capitalising on a family's grief.
Marcelo was not the only Brazil player to have a night to forget, and the defeat was certainly not all down to him, but Germany ruthlessly capitalised on his attempts to get forward by making the most of the gaps he left behind.
Across Asia fair skin is considered the epitome of beauty and a sign of affluence - and it's certainly something that the beauty business has been keen to capitalise on.
Despite falling behind when Thompson capitalised upon Naisbitt's block, the Essex side certainly showed they were no pushovers, with Daley twice coming close to equalising.
