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 In December 2023, NPR reported that Lewis had been accused of being involved in efforts to cover up aspects of the early-2010s phone-hacking scandal at Murdoch’s UK tabloids. —

Andrew Kirell, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 The hacking group also compromised the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil, a major supply base of rare earth mineral reserves, the cyber firm’s report said. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026 One shoveller, Anthony Gutierrez, who is normally a truck driver, was hacking away at a sneckdown with an ice scraper. —

Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026 On New Year’s Eve, Lee Zeldin did something out of character for an Environmental Protection Agency leader who has been hacking away at regulations intended to protect Americans’ air and water. —

Sejal Govindarao, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 In January 2026, customer data from that incident appeared publicly on a popular hacking forum. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 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 Sweepstakes. —

AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026 This lawsuit dealt with aspects of the phone-hacking scandal that were familiar to the British public, having been the subject of a major legislative report in 2012. —

Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Jan. 2026 London - Despite fears of Chinese spying and hacking, the British government gave the go-ahead Tuesday for China to build a massive new embassy in the heart of London. —

Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026

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In other cases, extremists have been convicted of manipulating children into cutting themselves or even killing pets on camera, records show.

— Curt Devine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
His belief that a conspiratorial coterie of people is manipulating American policy.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026