Hack
Hack noun - A V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface.
Journalist is a synonym for hack in reporter topic. In some cases you can use "Journalist" instead a noun "Hack".
Journalist
Journalist noun - A person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news.
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Synonyms for Journalist
Hack is a synonym for journalist in reporter topic. You can use "Hack" instead a noun "Journalist", if it concerns topics such as newshound. informal substitute
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How words are described
| good | good hack | good journalist |
| bumbling | bumbling hack | bumbling journalist |
| successful | successful hack | successful journalist |
| unscrupulous | unscrupulous hack | unscrupulous journalist |
| Other adjectives: renowned, well-known, political, cynical, scientific, western. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- An interrogator uses Fernandez' playbook when interrogating a journalist, and says he got it out of a book by a hack science fiction writer.
Source: Literature / Countdown - Cars can be hacked to do things that can kill the driver or passengers without the driver being able to override the system, such as cutting power to the brakes and pushing the acceleration, and maybe even one journalist has been killed as a result of a car hack already.
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Other -
The main character, a hack journalist named Colonna, is hired to write for a nonexistent newspaper that will be used to put pressure on high-level businessmen and politicians.
Source: Literature / Numero Zero
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