Hack
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To hack means to chop roughly. It is also used to denote the often illegal computer activities of system penetration known as hacking.
Hack is also a slang term for a low-grade, unprincipled person, often a writer or journalist. This usage is taken from an earlier usage in which a hack was a hired horse. Such animals were normally of poor quality.