(n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
(n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
(v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
(v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
(v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
(n.) A notch; a cut.
(n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
(n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
(n.) A kick on the shins.
(n.) A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
(n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
(n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
(n.) A procuress.
(a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
(v. t.) To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
(v. t.) To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
(v. i.) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
(v. i.) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
Example Sentences:
(1) The £1m fine, proposed during the Leveson inquiry into press standards, was designed to demonstrate how seriously the industry was taking lessons learned after the failure of the Press Complains Commission tto investigate phone hacking at the News of the World.
(2) Ed Balls, the shadow home secretary, today called on the head of the Metropolitan police to reopen the investigation into phone hacking by the News of the World.
(3) Time suggests that the FBI inquiry has been extended from a relatively narrow look at alleged malpractices by News Corp in America into a more general inquiry into whether the company used possibly illegal strongarm tactics to browbeat rival firms, following allegations of computer hacking made by retail advertising company Floorgraphics.
(4) Weir soon has to hack away a cross from Bodmer which would otherwise have found Govou in the box.
(5) Where Brooks was concerned on the hacking charge, there was very little extra evidence to add to that platform of inference.
(6) The US started down this course during the Sony hack last year, and in this case, transparency might be the best deterrent in the future – which, by the way, is something both Snowden and the Snowden-hating national security blog Lawfare argued on Monday.
(7) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
(8) The remarks are the most direct official response on the issue, although the government has previously said that it "resolutely opposes" hacking and criticised "baseless" claims.
(9) Besides tolerating commercial espionage via hacking, it also allows the hosting of thousands of sites that help spammers rip people off around the world.
(10) January 2011 • Ian Edmondson, the News of the World's assistant editor (news), is suspended following a "serious allegation" relating to phone hacking during Andy Coulson's editorship of the paper.
(11) Jowell said she was first told that her phone had been hacked "on 28 or 29 occasions" by the police in May 2006.
(12) The two men ran Rigby down in a car before hacking him to death in the street near Woolwich Barracks in south-east London .
(13) The promotion would come as News Corp continues to face legal investigations into the phone-hacking scandal on both sides of the Atlantic.
(14) OPM hack: China blamed for massive breach at US federal agency Read more The full scale of the information the attackers accessed remains unknown but could include highly sensitive data such as medical records, employment files and financial details, as well as information on security clearances and more.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mark Karpeles, president of Mt Gox bitcoin exchange, bows his head during a press conference in Tokyo after a $400m hack.
(16) Maberley told him there were 6,000 instances of phone hacking, although only one case had been prosecuted, involving the royal reporter Clive Goodman, who subsequently went to jail.
(17) The decision to split up News Corp followed the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, which focused the attention of investors on the company's newspaper assets, which are far less profitable than its film and TV businesses.
(18) That police sources were making such claims was confirmed by Taylor's solicitor, who told MPs that a named police sergeant had told him that 6,000 people may have had their phones hacked into.
(19) He said Coulson quite clearly knew hacking was a breach of the Press Complaints Commission code and there might be privacy issues, but never knew it was a crime.
(20) The regulator said it did not find the evidence provided a basis to conclude Rupert Murdoch had acted in a way that was inappropriate in relation to phone hacking, concealment or corruption by employees.
Jade
Definition:
(n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.
(n.) A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.
(n.) A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.
(n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.
(v. t.) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
(v. t.) To make ridiculous and contemptible.
(v. t.) To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.
(v. i.) To become weary; to lose spirit.
Example Sentences:
(1) FreeKachin (@FreeKachin) Nov 10, 5pm, attached object fell off of the sky at Tin Aung Kyaing mining lot in Hpakant Jade tract.
(2) Without question, Corbyn takes seriously his mission to bring hope to those who have lost faith in politics; those jaded by the requirement to fall in behind leaders with whom they only partially agree.
(3) But in the past year one towered above the others as if not the biggest then the most extraordinary media story of the year – the death of Jade Goody.
(4) I'm 64 and I've got four-year-old twins, so it's not unusual for me to look jaded, especially if they've woken each other up during the night.
(5) At CPAC, conservatives dedicated an entire panel to “The Future of Marriage.” One could be forgiven for assuming it tackled the issue via the sub-topic “Gays, and the Ickiness Thereof,” because that was the default assumption among those attending CPAC as part of an ongoing More Jaded Than Thou contest.
(6) Drinks at Jade Bar are in keeping with the spa setting: fruity and herbaceous “muddles” (alcoholic or not) are a speciality, and the bartenders host mixology sessions on Sundays, or by appointment.
(7) "The public in the US are increasingly jaded about the death penalty.
(8) In March, April, May you could see he was a bit jaded.
(9) The answer lies in a mix of carrot and stick provision including investing in a more integrated public transport network, encouraging active transport in the form of walking and cycling, and enticing people out of their cars.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Luminous umbrellas lit beneath high wire artist Jade Kindar-Martin.
(10) Countless high-profile stories have been shared by black supermodels Naomi Campbell, Iman and Jourdan Dunn about the jaded perceptions of diversity in the fashion industry.
(11) So, perhaps, on reflection, it was just a little bit ambitious of Britain's Eurovision hopeful, Jade Ewen, to sing a song entitled "It's my time".
(12) So in allowing Jade and her counterparts to discriminate against Shilpa Shetty, Channel 4 has strayed beyond the protection it could argue it has under article 10.
(13) Nevertheless, perception is key and more and more South Africans view the ANC's glass as half-empty: a jaded organisation tarnished by corruption, delivering too little too slowly and in inexorable decline.
(14) The Hall of Ice and Jade – named after the saying "as pure as jade, as unsullied as ice" – was built to shelter these women in old age, although it is now a museum.
(15) Wigan looked jaded in their 61st game of a marathon campaign and this sterile stalemate served to suggest that Derby are the most vibrant team competing for the remaining spot in next season's Premier League.
(16) But the data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) should shock even the most jaded of negotiators.
(17) Jade has virtually no chance of success, given the tactical voting at Eurovision by former Soviet bloc and Balkan nations - a phenomenon that last year prompted Terry Wogan to resign in disgust from his job as Eurovision presenter.
(18) The jaded player took off for France during his eight-month ban, vowing to leave the English game.
(19) They may also have been jaded as this was their seventh match in 23 days and all but one of their starting lineup had begun the Champions League victory against Porto on Tuesday .
(20) It is important that the spirit of rainbow nation is extracted from the ennui of an increasingly jaded and complacent African National Congress, which, as with so many post-liberation ruling parties, is in danger of losing its moral compass.