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noun
The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
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History
Blend of hack + activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective.
Across languages
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