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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
The audio, created using deepfakes of the tech CEOs' voices, were circulated by an anonymous hacker or group who gained access to the pedestrian crossing systems in cities including Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Led by Justine, these kids are elite computer hackers, and the montage sequences of them blasting through firewalls and plucking passwords from the cloud are thrilling.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
As a result, users suspect the hacker exploited age-old vulnerabilities in 4chan to conduct the takeover.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
We have all got used to reading about how best to mitigate the risk of hackers attacking your smartphone, or Windows computer, and hardware threats continue to evolve as recent reports of attackers using your GPU to steal your passwords prove.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Led by Justine, these kids are elite computer hackers, and the montage sequences of them blasting through firewalls and plucking passwords from the cloud are thrilling.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
As a result, users suspect the hacker exploited age-old vulnerabilities in 4chan to conduct the takeover.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
We have all got used to reading about how best to mitigate the risk of hackers attacking your smartphone, or Windows computer, and hardware threats continue to evolve as recent reports of attackers using your GPU to steal your passwords prove.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacker
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Ortega is set to star as the ingenue pool hall amateur who learns the ways of lifelong pool hustler De Niro.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 May 2025
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Just one tweak that would help any amateur arrangist out: Think different lengths.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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There are some great cyberpunk looks mixed in with the elves and dragons for fans of role playing games set in the modern day or galaxies far, far away.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Set in the year 2032, Bubblegum Crisis takes all the 80’s tropes surrounding cyberpunk and tries to do something different and interesting with them.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Not to a kid like that that has been working their whole life and been told that Deion’s kids are never going to be as good as him.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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As a kid, my fondest wish was to take up less space in the world.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Outcasts, loners, nerds, and geeks — our film heroes don't all wear capes.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Flamboyant theater geek Ezra (Matthew Finlan) makes his shrieks sound especially dramatic.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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The basic 6- to 8-inch chef knife works best for most people, especially for beginners.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
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This Dungeons and Dragons Starter Bundle combines some essential materials for new players to get started, including premade character sheets, an introductory rule book, a super-easy first campaign, and dice, making an otherwise complicated game a lot easier to understand for tweens or beginners.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
30 Apr. 2025
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Android held steady with seven hacks, and Chrome had the same, which was one higher than 2023.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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The innocent hacks and operational shortcuts from the industry's early days have become potential liabilities in today's regulated environment.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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And given the ease of using the phishing toolkits, even technical novices can create a legitimate-looking login page and a proxy server.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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But where one is fluent in the language of entertainment, the other now seated at the table is a novice in an industry that’s fraught with shady practices and constant change.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacker. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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