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 Trust took another nosedive when OpenAI’s agents attacked Hugging Face this summer and, in a world-first, a rogue model hacked the Australian Government’s website. — Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026 OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, had recently disclosed astonishing details about how its artificial intelligence agents had broken out of their systems, hacked into another company and tried to cover their tracks. — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 In July, news broke that an unreleased OpenAI model had hacked into a rival AI lab, Hugging Face, without OpenAI’s knowledge. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2026 Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Among the most notable was the Hugging Face incident over the summer, during which OpenAI agents gained internet access and hacked into an AI company. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 My concern is not that cards get hacked; everything gets hacked. — Shawn Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 In those and other instances, AI agents have ignored instructions, gone beyond what was asked of them and hacked external websites. — Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 The company has been conducting a broad review of its AI technology after an unreleased OpenAI model autonomously hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity benchmark test. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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The senses of anyone entering these tombs were heavily manipulated.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
Researcher Peter Garrigan told Fox News Moonshot AI's Kimi model could also be manipulated to provide information on planning terrorist attacks using real-time data, creating sarin gas, developing malware and taking down aircraft.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of manipulated

Verb

The paperwork is handled well, the farewell party is arranged, gifts are presented and everyone assumes that whatever needed to be passed to the next person has already been passed.

— Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The student who spoke with campus police criticized how the department handled the matter.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

Kellermeyer is one of a number of companies referenced in lawsuits filed in recent months that accuse funds managed by some of Wall Street’s biggest names of inflating their marks, often to increase their own payouts.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The hospitality brand holds a 30-year concession to run the lodge, which is part of the Tompkins Conservation project and managed by the National Forestry Agency.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Walk-ups to the center will be accepted and the facility has storage available for personal belongings if needed.

— Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

Kuzmenko addressed the media at the team's practice facility ahead of Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Parents who addressed the board on Thursday urged the district to delay the vote and take more time to review logistics.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of addressed

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The play is a gently unfolding, calmly delivered tale of the decades of horrors endured by a real-life person named Eddie Jaku.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Balochistan has endured a long-running insurgency by groups that accuse Pakistan of discriminating against the province and exploiting its natural resources.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of endured

Verb

Staffers also expressed concerns about fiscal implications if bedbugs would come home with workers and require them to pay for their homes to be treated.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Palestinians are also clear that any near-term solution must include a credible route to independent statehood; a Palestinian state must not be treated as a possible reward at the end of a long and uncertain path.

— Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026