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 same incentive exists for all sorts of hackery.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2024
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
Lucien’s love for her is the only pure thing about him — that and the faith in literature that occasionally flickers amid the hackery.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
The Oude Government formerly allowed for each four-bullock hackery thirty rupees a-month, from which two rupees and half were deducted for the perquisites of office.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
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