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Transitive verb phrase

to hack into (hacks into, hacked into, hacking into)

1. To reduce something to by hacking with a cutting instrument.

   After all that work, the result was something I just wanted to hack into pieces.

2. To gain unauthorized entry to (a computer system), particularly by exploiting little-known weaknesses.

   I forgot my root password and was forced to hack into my own machine.

   From these log files, it looks like someone tried to hack into our server last night.

Translations

French: cisailler (2)