Hackster

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who hacks computers; a hacker. informal

    "You hacked my ID the other day, didn't you? So you are my hackster!"

  2. 2
    A violent bully or thug; also, an assassin, a murderer. obsolete

    "[…] Happy times; when Braves and Hackſters, the onely contented Members of his Goverment, were thought the fitteſt and the faithfulleſt to defend his [the King's] Perſon againſt the diſcontents of a Parlament and all good Men."

Synonyms

All synonyms
hacker

Example

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"You hacked my ID the other day, didn't you? So you are my hackster!"

Etymology

From hack (“to cut; to gain unauthorized access to”) + -ster.

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