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# hacker

«hacker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who uses computer skills to get into computers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hacker, hackers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hacker is a person who uses computer skills to get into computers or systems, often without permission, which is a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#m1)

2) A hacker can also be a very skilled programmer who enjoys solving computer problems in clever ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#m2)

3) An ethical hacker («white hat») is paid to find weak spots so they can be fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#m3)

4) (informal) A hacker in sport is a poor player, especially in golf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety lessons, hackers are a reason to use strong passwords and never share them. Breaking into someone's account is illegal even for a joke. Some hackers work for companies to keep systems safe. In news, «hackers stole data» means criminals got into a system. Phrases: ethical hacker, white-hat hacker, black-hat hacker.

### examples

- A hacker tried to get into the school website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x1)
- Use a strong password to protect your account from hackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x2)
- Ethical hackers help banks find weak spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x3)
- Hackers stole thousands of email addresses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x4)
- My cousin is a hacker who builds robots in his garage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x5)
- Logging into someone else's account without permission is a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x6)
- The hackers at the competition fixed the bug in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/#x7)

### note

Countable. The word itself can be good (a clever programmer) or bad (a criminal); the news nearly always uses the bad sense. The verb is «hack».

### In the corpora

- [Ella's account had been hacked, and the hacker was asking everyone on her list.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams/19/)
- [A message can carry a friend's name and picture and still come from a hacker who took the account.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hacker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hacker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.