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as in cracker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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as in amateur
a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science
weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking
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Recent Examples of hacker
In Atlanta, hackers demanded $51,000 in Bitcoin, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in 2018.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Privacy leaks don't always involve hackers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Even if chats are anonymized, prompts often contain identifying details that could be traced back to users or mined by malicious actors, data brokers, or hackers for targeted campaigns.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
The company said hackers downloaded call and text logs onto a third-party platform.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Privacy leaks don't always involve hackers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Even if chats are anonymized, prompts often contain identifying details that could be traced back to users or mined by malicious actors, data brokers, or hackers for targeted campaigns.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
The company said hackers downloaded call and text logs onto a third-party platform.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacker
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Nolthenius hopes that more astronomers – professionals and amateurs – will turn their eyes to the skies to observe Quaoar's occultations.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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On the surface, almost every ability in the game is designed for amateurs to pick up with little experience.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With a short base cut, tapered front locks, and slightly longer layers, the Trinity cut sits somewhere between a pixie cut and a bob, borrowing from the cyberpunk aesthetic of the films.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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This whole concluding sequence is meant to look and sound like some weirdo mad scientist stuff, between the androids’ cyberpunk goggles and the squishy noises the wriggling creatures make.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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The photos of her kids come shortly after Stormi filmed her first commercial alongside her mom for Kylie Cosmetics.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Expect sing-alongs, dances, interactive crafts and 10 enchanting performances designed to captivate kids and parents alike.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some beer geeks refer to it as Cascadian Dark Ale, or American Black Ale.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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And make no mistake — Taylor is the kind of pop geek who knows all these stories cold, so this is primed to be the biggest pop wedding of all.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
27 Aug. 2025
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Pace put different people through the paces of different things on different equipment and surfaces, ranging from some beginner movements to some rather acrobatic moves by a woman visiting from South Korea that looked a lot like gymnastics.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Resembling a minnow near the surface of the water, these rental boats come with easy instructions for beginners who are unfamiliar with how to operate the canal’s lock system along the way.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Morgan points out that this isn’t cheating, but a hack for efficiency.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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My secret fashion hack for summer-to-fall styling?—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Instructors are on hand to teach novices.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacker. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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