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 Unfortunately, in a mounting number of cases these bots or agents have engaged in harmful behaviors their designers say go far beyond the instructions given to them, such as hacking into a rival company or government computer system. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026 Companies in Japan and South Korea were hit with major cyberattacks, exposing millions of customer records and feeding fears that AI may be turbo-charging hacking efforts. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Like Zuckerberg, Huang has argued against an industry-wide slowdown, saying the recent spike in safety concerns sparked by AI agents going rogue and hacking into other companies is just an engineering problem that needs to be solved. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The latest operation has rendered the tools inoperable in what FBI and Justice Department officials said was a blow to the hacking operation. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Is your own little agent doing your travel booking the same kind of threat as OpenAI’s agents hacking Hugging Face? — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 OpenAI reported that the agents used unauthorized communication channels, exploited vulnerabilities and engaged in reward hacking. — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 His comments come as OpenAI models have been involved in multiple security incidents in which agentic tools have overreached, hacking other companies and even government websites. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 But those previously mentioned four skills where superhuman performance could suffice to kill all humans (hacking, persuasion, planning and coordination, uninterpretable reasoning) mean that generalization matters only so much. — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

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She was also seen taking photos and manipulating notebooks on the victim’s desk, the police affidavit said.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Gandhi has alleged that the SIR is an instrument for manipulating elections.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of manipulating

Verb

Employee did not wash hands after handling raw food and changing gloves, before handling ready to eat foods.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
About one-quarter of AAPI adults approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president overall.

— Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of handling

Verb

Positioning the commercial arm of the 100-year-old BBC for a streaming future while managing the traditional linear channels that still do great business in many international territories.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Years later, there’s still work to be done managing a film’s intellectual property rights and corporate vehicles.

— Kim Jackson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

Nathan is offended and starts going on his usual rant about not tolerating disrespect toward his family.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Egyptian authorities alternated over the decades between tolerating and repressing the group, which was permitted to field candidates in elections for brief periods.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerating

Verb

Dozens of armored cops were still standing guard, shields raised, after a night when 500 people were taken into custody in the French capital alone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Other classes transition between sitting and standing while holding onto the back for a little extra help with balance, or doing poses like downward dog with hands on the seat instead of reaching to the floor.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of standing

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Unlike traditional sports betting, prediction markets function more like exchanges, with participants taking positions against one another rather than against a house.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
During a recent town hall at the Ivy League school, one student raised the question of a Greek life ban, asking student organizers if taking that step might improve the culture on campus.

— Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of taking

Verb

The film offers an intimate portrait of a defining intellectual voice while examining the enduring question of who has the right to tell their own story.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Affordable electric bikes usually mean enduring heavy frames, clunky kick-in for the motor and unrefined, unpredictable power delivery.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026