hackery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The You You Are” is self-help hackery rife with fool’s gold like, “A society with festering workers cannot flourish, just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip” encrusting bumper sticker calls for rebellion.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
The Brit takes on corruption, desperation and hackery with impeccable timing and a feather-light coup de grâce.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
What should we make of Joaquin Phoenix’s performance, and is the film’s nontraditional approach to the supervillain origin story genius, hackery, or a mix of the two?
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2019
There’s an incredible amount of behind-the-scenes hackery that goes into making the social media posts you see on a regular basis.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2018
I was leaving the ship at Colombo, but induced the French lady to accompany me on shore, the children being bribed with the promise of a ride in a "hackery" or trotting-bull carriage.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
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