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 Following a string of incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing phases, the Federal Trade Commission is officially probing Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms, an insider told Axios. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Reading their own statement about having never been hacked through a Flock camera and then downloading it on my own machine made that indisputable. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 The companies have come under public scrutiny in recent months after several incidents in which their AI models went rogue and hacked into websites. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 In July, two of OpenAI’s models escaped a testing environment and hacked the open-source AI platform Hugging Face. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 In July, an OpenAI model hacked into AI company Hugging Face's servers. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Someone may pose as your bank, claim your account was hacked or tell you to move money before something terrible happens. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Comments under the posts suggest that at least one user was worried that their Echo device had been hacked, while some suspect the issue may be linked to a recent software update. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 However, sometime within the past three years, an unknown person apparently hacked the mission’s voicemail, rerecording the greeting message as a satirical monologue about mass starvation and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

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The Delhi agitation centers on allegations that voter lists were manipulated during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
The researchers then manipulated the scenario by changing what happened after the focal bee returned to the hive and gave directions to the feeder.

— Marta Hill, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of manipulated

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The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Braking is handled by dual-piston hydraulic calipers clamping down on large rotors for the promise of serious stopping power even in wet weather.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of handled

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Cybersecurity And Functional Safety Are Converging Cybersecurity and functional safety have traditionally been managed as separate disciplines, although today they are increasingly considered part of the same operational risk environment.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
After the initial disclosure, Acme took several meetings with a mix of studios and filmmakers eager to understand how a project managed to dramatically lower costs.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

In last year’s World Series, Ohtani had endured hitting slumps, too, but his teammates compensated with timely contributions to earn a second consecutive title.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Fittingly, in the ninth, Ashby endured a 110-mph out from Tommy Edman and an obliterating 108-mph line drive from Kiké Hernández that was caught for an out.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of endured

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She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of treated

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Ultimately, the court did not sanction Wagner in the case, but the decision stands to put attorneys and other professionals in Tax Court on notice that AI hallucinations will not be tolerated.

— Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
The Star’s investigation, published in 2020, documented decades of systemic racism and sexism tolerated by Fire Department leadership and City Hall.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026