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 Mythos is not simply good at finding vulnerabilities, Graham said, but also at chaining them together into complicated exploits that can be devastating hacking tools. —

Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026 The hacking group appears to have exploited vulnerabilities in a system used by the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, enabling the group to make off with nearly 340,000 files, according to the sources familiar with the case. —

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 For example, in 2016, a hacking group called the Shadow Brokers published a cache of hacking tools and exploits used against major software systems—including Microsoft Windows—that were widely believed to have been developed by the NSA. —

Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026 Even cheaper or open-source AI models from smaller companies could soon enable this sort of hacking—which would unsettle the basic security and privacy that undergird the modern internet. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 The types of fraud that saw an increase included identity theft rising by more than 18%; wire fraud rising by nearly 5%; and incidents involving hacking or computer invasion increasing by about 13%. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026 The group is just one of several proxy hacking networks allied with Iran. —

ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026 The Ukrainian government alleges that the hacking group works for Russia’s Federal Security Service, or what was once the Soviet Union’s spy agency, the KGB. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025 Many fraudsters gain access by first hacking your email, which can give them entry to password-reset links and sensitive notifications. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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There was the patriarch, Abbas Khan, prowling through the pages, making real-estate deals, manipulating people.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Full-palm tactile sensing allows the robot to continue manipulating objects even when cameras are obstructed or when precise force control is required, such as in assembly tasks.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026