HACKED Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

hacked

verb

past tense of hack

as in manipulated

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 handled

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 hacked The comedian and actress, 43, laid into FBI Director Kash Patel during the Monday, March 30 broadcast, poking fun at reports that his personal emails were hacked. —

Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 Later, in their double at the hostel, Joost hacked at the durian over a copy of People’s Daily. —

Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 Last week, that seemed prudent, since the party’s membership database had already been hacked, with names and private information of members dumped online. —

Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Alex Orleans, the head of threat intelligence at the cybersecurity company Sublime Security, told NBC News that Iran appears to have hacked Patel earlier and had strategically waited to release the files. —

Kevin Collier, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026 There was no indication of the context of the posts, which racked up millions of views, with many online commenters theorizing the accounts could have been hacked or that an official was cryptically teasing something. —

Dylan Butts, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026 The victim received a pop-up notification directing her to contact technical support because her computer had been hacked. —

Lori V. Vaughan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026 Hamas hacked Israeli cameras before the October 7, 2023, attack; Russia has hacked them in Ukraine, and Iran has hacked them in Israel. —

Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 In fact, the earliest sources describe Harold being hacked to death at the hands of four Norman knights. —

Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026

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The examples provided in the letter of events that could be easily manipulated by a single person included whether a kicker would miss a field goal, a quarterback’s first pass being incomplete or a receiver missing their first target.

— Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
All the components of Ursa’s dishes are foraged or harvested in the desert and manipulated in surprising and experimental ways.

— John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2026