hack
noun [C] (WRITER) /hæk/ disapprovingDefinition
› a journalist (= writer for newspapers or magazines) whose work is low in quality or does not have much imagination: Fleet Street hacksThe press and news reportingPeople who write for work or pleasure
(Definition of hack noun (WRITER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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