1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
a tennis hacker
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system
Examples of hacker in a Sentence
My friends and I have been playing golf for years, but we're still just a bunch of hackers.
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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The hackers stole the funds from Bybit’s Ethereum stash.
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Whodunit: The hackers are almost certainly linked to North Korea, according to blockchain research.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
In particular, the hackers have been using an exchange called eXch, which can facilitate anonymous cryptocurrency transactions.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
Additionally, through methods that remain mysterious to us, Russian intelligence determined that the hackers were funded by a domestic terrorist group called the Reapers, offering the statements of their financial transactions as proof.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Whodunit: The hackers are almost certainly linked to North Korea, according to blockchain research.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
In particular, the hackers have been using an exchange called eXch, which can facilitate anonymous cryptocurrency transactions.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
Additionally, through methods that remain mysterious to us, Russian intelligence determined that the hackers were funded by a domestic terrorist group called the Reapers, offering the statements of their financial transactions as proof.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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hacker
noun
hack·er
ˈhak-ər 
1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is unskilled at a particular activity
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to a computer system
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