"capitalize upon" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to take advantage of or benefit from something. You can use it when talking about using a situation or opportunity to your advantage. Example: The company was able to capitalize upon the growing demand for organic food and saw a significant increase in sales.
Berkower and Roberts conceived of J. D. Robb in 1995, as a way to capitalize upon Roberts's rate of production.
Conforth, Wald and their co-signatories "call for an end to this, and similar attempts to capitalize upon Johnson's fame and mythology".
Crisp passes and clever ball movement allowed forward Ante Razov to repeatedly penetrate -- and ultimately capitalize upon -- a three-man Guatemalan back line.
"It will provide us with the financial flexibility to capitalize upon long-term growth opportunities throughout our business and achieve further sustainable growth".
"But it wasn't my agenda at all to try and capitalize upon a trend, or come up with an easily identifiable signature," he continues.
However, because Mr. Huntsman has a very modest organization in South Carolina and is not polling well there, it is not clear how he would capitalize upon it.
In an apparent effort to capitalize upon the lampooning of beleaguered New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, Mini has taken to Twitter with a fake account.
The enduring popularity of the Derby begs the question: Why have leaders in American racing circles been unable to learn from, and capitalize upon, the success of America's greatest horse race?
The two aspects of this action that are particularly disturbing to me are the attempts to capitalize upon another church's internal struggles, which undermine other aspects of ecumenism, and the choice of these issues themselves, which are the subject that the Vatican has chosen to find new ways to attack.
For anyone to capitalize upon a soldier's fictional death is grim indeed, and the humor in this story relies entirely upon Cosgrove Harden's being alive and being reconciled enough to forgive, through love, his uncle's betrayal and use of his identity.
"If people begin to be turned off by Trump, the Cruz campaign will probably have a better strategic understanding of the implications and how to capitalize upon them," said Bud Jackson, a Democratic specialist in digital grassroots campaigning, when asked to review the relationships.
