Allow and Hack

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Hack and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hack" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Hack verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).

Usage example: she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer

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Allow and hack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Hack".

Nearby Words: hacked, hacking, hacker, hackery

people	allow people	hack people
control	allow control	hack control
time	allow time	hack time
way	allow way	hack way
Other words: light, player, players, guns, doors.

In MindJack if you allow your game to be open other players can "hack" into your single player game, to help or to hinder.

Source: Drop-In-Drop-Out Multiplayer
One episode had Penelope allow a major computer hack because she was playing an MMO at work with an unsecured private laptop.

Source: Ultimate Job Security
The original 4 .hack games: .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, are notable in that they allow you to bring your save data from one game to the next.

Source: Bag Of Spilling / Video Games

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