as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the bank had to overhaul its online banking system after a cyberpunk broke into the accounts of thousands of customers
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Recent Examples of cyberpunk
The half-humanoid-half-canine creatures look like something out of a cyberpunk game — or a fever dream.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Now, Gong ventures into cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre set in a dystopian future.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The Best Alien Audio Drama Alien 3 (2019) Before Alien 3 was ever turned into one of the most controversial films in the entire series, its producers asked cyberpunk author William Gibson to write a draft of the script.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Still, amid the cyberpunk dystopia, a Saturday night party extravaganza blossomed.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 25 May 2025
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Now, Gong ventures into cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre set in a dystopian future.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The Best Alien Audio Drama Alien 3 (2019) Before Alien 3 was ever turned into one of the most controversial films in the entire series, its producers asked cyberpunk author William Gibson to write a draft of the script.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Still, amid the cyberpunk dystopia, a Saturday night party extravaganza blossomed.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyberpunk
hacker
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The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic says that a slower, more cautious approach is needed to slow the arms race ignited by AI in the hands of hackers.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Cyberpunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyberpunk. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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