hackster

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hackster

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

noun hacksters · haxter

informal One who hacks computers; a hacker. You hacked my ID the other day, didn't you? So you are my hackster!
obsolete A violent bully or thug; also, an assassin, a murderer. […] 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.
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@misc{hackster_2026,
  title = {hackster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hackster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}