HACKED Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

hacked

verb

past tense of hack

as in manipulated

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 handled

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 hacked Reuters also reported that the company's AI agents hacked a German website in the spring. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 The haters have hacked the store’s website, harassed its hosts, spread rumors about its owner, and threatened to show up in force in front of its physical store. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 But when a swarm of AI agents hacked developer hub Hugging Face in July, an organization that Coefficient helped get its start and continues to finance, Redwood Research, was one the two key outfits OpenAI brought in to analyze the breach. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Hugging Face, a service for hosting and accessing open-source AI models and data sets, has been in the spotlight recently after it was hacked by OpenAI models that went rogue during a testing incident. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 That’s the conclusion some drew after rogue OpenAI models escaped a test environment and hacked tech startup Hugging Face. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 One of OpenAI’s internal-only research prototypes had hacked another company. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Shortly after, Claude developer Anthropic said its AI models hacked into the systems of three organizations independently during a private security experiment. — Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacked

Verb

From fake praise to manipulated photos, AI is reshaping how hotels market themselves and how travelers make booking decisions.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Apple is also adding support for Google's metadata standard, SynthID, for broader AI image identification, so you can be warned when a picture was manipulated or generated with AI.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of manipulated

Verb

Nate Jaros, vice president of animal care at the aquarium, said this is one of the largest hauls the aquarium has handled in years.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Policies renew, claims get handled, and leadership moves on to more immediate financial priorities.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

Of that group, just one — last year’s Chicago Bears — managed to put behind the miserable start against its biggest rivals and reach the playoffs.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The binding agreement with Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek and BlackRock managed funds values Adani Airport Holdings at about $18 billion on a pre-money basis, according to the company statement.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

Morissette accepted the award and $20,000 (US$14,461) prize, which was presented in partnership with the Canada Media Fund.

— Jennie Punter, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Ahead of the Academy Awards victory, Oldman actually accepted an earlier Actor Award victory (then known as a SAG Award) on Ledger’s behalf at the 2009 ceremony.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

Two doctors from Formula Medicine, an Italian center for driver performance working with BMW, which runs two cars in Hypercar in conjunction with the WRT team, directly addressed the suit’s cooling duration.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In an interview with Spectrum News, Husted addressed a seeming shift in his position.

— Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of addressed

Verb

The complaint alleges freshmen endured forced genital shaving, excessive drinking and being made to eat live fish as part of team initiation.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
In the sequel, Sally has endured heartbreak again and a new potential love interest (played by Lee Pace) — but with hesitations.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of endured

Verb

For most of Saturday afternoon, Boise State treated one of college football’s most daunting stadiums with a suspicious lack of reverence.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The child was treated by medics on scene and taken to Cook Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026