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crackers

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noun

plural of cracker
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as in hackers
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackers
Adjective
  • Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • And finally, the hackers said, a social security number lookup service such as Cloaked which can return partial social security numbers from telephone numbers.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Stack Canaries can be thought of as tripwires that detects if hackers are attempting to execute code in the wrong order to exploit a vulnerability.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.
    Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Your voice is insane.
    Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But obviously winning the grand jury prize was insane.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • One of the main differences between free gaga classes and a hardware-plus-subscription platform such as Peloton is hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
    Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2020
  • Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 27 Feb. 2019
Adjective
  • At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
  • None of this pays off in any fashion, as potentially interesting plot threads are rapidly dropped in favor of a typical maniac plot.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2023
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