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black hat
[ blak hat ]
noun
- a villain, as in a cowboy movie; bad guy.
- Also called black hat hacker. Computers. a hacker who violates the security of a system without the knowledge or consent of the owner or developer, as for personal profit or for the gratification of causing damage.
black hat
noun
- informal.
- a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
- ( as modifier ) Compare white hat
black-hat hackers
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- black-hat ²ú±ô²¹³¦°ì-³ó²¹³Ù·³Ù±ð»å adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of black hat1
Idioms and Phrases
- wear / put on a black hat, Informal, to behave villainously.
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Example Sentences
Many techniques come together in the iconic pointy black hat for the future Wicked Witch of the West.
There are also Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon,†originally published as a serial in Black Hat magazine, and John Steinbeck’s first novel, “Cup of Gold.â€
Smartly dressed in a white suit and black hat, Fury added: "I'm going to dish out a whole lot of pain."
Elphaba arrives alone, outfitted in the pointy black hat that Glinda has tricked her into wearing, and gets teased by all her classmates as she has been since arriving at Shiz University.
What did you bring to the scene where Glinda humiliates Elphaba, giving her that “hideodeous†black hat that she wears to the ball?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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