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 Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 Con, where the company is to demonstrate how its offerings are protecting businesses from agents going rogue, like the situation where an OpenAI model hacked into a company looking for answers on how to solve a problem in the test environment. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 One of OpenAI’s internal-only research prototypes had hacked another company. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 OpenAI outlined two incidents on July 19 in which agents hacked the company’s own infrastructure. — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Shortly after, Claude developer Anthropic said its AI models hacked into the systems of three organizations independently during a private security experiment. — Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026 Bank associates told her the bank had been hacked, though didn't say by whom. — Arezou Rezvani, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 Turner's defense team, which presented no evidence at trial, argued that his phone had been hacked. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 In the following weeks, Anthropic revealed that its AI agents had also hacked three real companies back in April, unbeknownst to the company at the time. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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The association said the money was lost after criminals impersonated its leadership and manipulated financial transactions.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Our politics, cultures, and wars manipulated by America to varying extents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of manipulated

Verb

Americans have generally managed to keep their credit scores intact despite grappling with high prices and economic worries, but don't let that fool you into thinking consumers are all okay.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Trainor is managed by Nikola Barisic for Bond Artist Management and represented by Aaron Rosenberg for Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

The agreement had been offered last year and accepted by the official who oversees the Pentagon's Guantanamo war court, only to be revoked last August by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin amid criticism of the deal from Republican lawmakers.

— Steve Gorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The sighting still needs to be accepted by the California Bird Records Committee, which reviews and confirms rare bird sightings.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

Kudrow addressed her relationship with her character during a recent appearance on Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
On his final night of guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, Jelly Roll finally addressed his political views.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of addressed

Verb

Iran's leaders, however, dismissed the impact of the new measures, having already endured decades-long crippling sanctions since shortly after the 1979 revolution.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Protectionism is generally not the cause of trade conflicts, but rather a symptom of imbalances that have endured for too long.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of endured

Verb

Chan’s parents always treated their back pain from laborious food industry jobs with acupuncture and cupping, the practice of using cups or suction on the skin to stimulate blood flow and the flow of chi, or energy.

— Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
None of this was treated as a foregone conclusion during production.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of treated

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In both studies, the pill maintained viral suppression at rates comparable to patients’ previous regimens at 48 weeks and was generally well tolerated with no new safety concerns.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
First, rising yields due to better nominal economic growth are typically tolerated more readily, since nominal GDP growth is a primary driver of corporate profits.

— Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026