HACKING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

hacking

verb

present participle of hack

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 Cybercriminal groups like ShinyHunters are focusing on identity systems and employee access instead of traditional hacking methods. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 But there is also a world of more shadowy techniques – a whole history of hacking shenanigans going back nearly a century. —

Willa Rubin, NPR, 1 May 2026 Advanced Account Security doesn't totally eliminate all hacking threats. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 Xu and Zhang are also accused of hacking into systems at a university in North Carolina and another university in Texas. —

Jarrod Wardwell, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026 But the rapid growth of facial recognition over the last decade has raised concerns among privacy experts who caution that such data can easily be turned over to law enforcement entities or make companies hacking targets. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Sturm was not happy with the amount of hacking and whacking allowed on Swayman. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway. —

AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Fine-tuning datasets is a form of history-tweaking—a practice that resonates with the canon-hacking attempted by defense tech actors like Karp, Andreessen, and Luckey. —

Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026

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This can involve pretending to be an IT customer support and manipulating an employee at a target company into handing over internal access.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
But even then, our team of artists got in there and just started manipulating things.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026