Answer to "Committing a computer crime" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HACKING which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2016.

Committing a computer crime crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HACKING	100 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Committing a computer crime

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• commission
• cybercrime
• accessory
• busting
• entrap
• entry
• suspect
• bist
• bust
• busted
• commissioning
• committal

Crossword Answer definitions

HACKING verb

1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
2. To cough noisily.
3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
4. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
5. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
6. To work with something on an intimately technical level.
7. (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
8. To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
9. (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
10. To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
11. To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
12. To swing at a pitched ball.
13. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
14. To strike in a frantic movement.
15. To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

HACKING verb

1. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
2. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

HACKING verb

1. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
2. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
3. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
4. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
5. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
6. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

HACKING verb

1. To play hackeysack.

HACKING adjective

1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

HACKING noun

1. Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
2. Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
3. A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
4. A kick in the shins.
5. (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
6. A riding or journey on horseback.
7. The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
8. The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
9. (gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
10. (brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

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