hacker

Definition

Examples

A hacker tried to break into the company network last night.

Word Family

Synonyms

• cybercriminalhaving a meaning similar to hacker
• intrudersomeone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

Collocations

• Easy computer hacker
  describing computer hacker (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
• Medium ethical hacker
  describing ethical hacker (of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics)
• Hard malicious hacker syndicate
  describing malicious hacker syndicate (having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling)
• Very Hard elite hacker penetrating air-gapped defenses
  describing elite hacker penetrating air-gapped defenses (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)