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Example sentences for: hacking

How can you use “hacking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The individuals performing the tests, which at various organizations were internal auditors, contractors, student interns, or central security staff, were encouraged to research and use hacking instructions and tools available on the Internet or from other sources in order to simulate attacks from real hackers.
But along the way, scores of laborers had died hacking through the mountains, buffalo were exterminated, and Indians and Métis were dispossessed of their lands.
If anyone wants to discuss this further, I'll be at Chuck Heston's house hacking around on his Playstation and giving him a little talking to.
What's the connection between computer hacking and Chinese food?
(I'm aware of the counterexample: the dread Harmony Korinne, whose hacking at his canvas is an attempt to disguise his limitations as bold artistic choices.)