1
as in manipulating
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities
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as in handling
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer
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Recent Examples of hacking
Hugh drives most of the combat, with a variety of guns and a jetpack, while Diana makes life easier for him by hacking into enemy systems and robots.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
The plants eventually recovered and grew back those missing leaves over a couple of years, only for the hacking process to be repeated.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Pornhub is dealing with fresh fallout after the hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a massive user data leak.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Cybersecurity agencies and infrastructure operators also have runbooks for hacking attempts, outages, and routine system failures.
—Jon Truby, Time, 29 Dec. 2025
Matt Weiss, who previously shared offensive coordinator duties with Moore at Michigan, was accused of hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images.
—Matt Finkel, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Commercial robots are far more vulnerable to hacking than many users realise, with cybersecurity experts warning that some machines can be taken over in minutes.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
The deal for Armis follows a slew of acquisitions in the cybersecurity sector, a trend fueled by the growing use of AI to detect hacking threats.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Back in 2018, the politician confessed to hacking the official website of Labour peer Harriet Harman a decade earlier and changing the content to be pro-Conservative.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacking
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Unlike conventional breaches that hinge on phishing or user error, this exploit, now known as EchoLeak, bypassed human behavior entirely, silently extracting confidential information by manipulating how Copilot interacts with user data.—
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Disney is depicted as manipulating this framework to its benefit and to the detriment of Dish and its customers.—
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
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With 40 grind settings and a 300 gram bean hopper, this electric grinder is capable of handling grinding for larger batches.—
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Her mother accompanied her to appointments, managing logistics and providing emotional support.—
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Tina Olson, a managing attorney with the Juvenile Lifer Unit in the State Appellate Defender Office, says the decision doesn't minimize the crimes committed – or the victims impacted – but instead ensures defendants are given fair punishments.—
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The United States is apparently tolerating having Rodríguez in charge, for now.—
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Steering a flailing economy, presiding over Central America's highest homicide rate, and tolerating corruption in her own ranks Her party’s candidate, once the front-runner, trails in a distant third at 19 percent.—
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The main challenges include aligning climate finance commitments between developed and developing countries, addressing the socio-economic impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations and ensuring that emission reduction targets are consistent with the latest climate science.—
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By addressing it daily, your clothes chair remains useful for quick drops but won’t become a burden.—
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Immediately after the Honda shifts from reverse into drive and begins to move ahead, that agent at the front of the vehicle, standing near the driver’s side headlight, pulls out a gun and aims at the driver.—
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Team revisited this long-standing problem The research team revisited this long-standing problem using a combination of careful laboratory experiments and advanced quantum chemical calculations.—
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But in 1999, just months after Luke was born, Andrea attempted suicide by taking an overdose of medication prescribed for her father, who was ill.—
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Someone had ordered pizza to the home, and a delivery driver spent some time ringing the doorbell before returning to his car, taking the pies with him.—
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The suit also highlights the duo’s enduring influence, noting that their recordings have earned millions in royalties and sync deals over the years and continue to resonate with new generations of fans.—
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Amid all the beauty of Tokyo, one of the enduring memories had nothing to do with cherry blossoms or the architecture.—
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“Hacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacking. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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