Usually means: Manipulation or exploitation of systems.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. hackery: Merriam-Webster
  2. hackery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hackery: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Hackery, hackery: Wordnik
  5. hackery: Wiktionary
  6. Hackery, hackery: Dictionary.com
  7. Hackery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. hackery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Hackery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hackery: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hackery: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hackery: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hackery: Encyclopedia

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  2. hackery: Medical dictionary

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  1. hackery: Idioms

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  1. hackery: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hackery)

noun:  (India) A 2-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
noun:  (India, Sri Lanka) A 2-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.
noun:  (slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
noun:  (slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).

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