megahack

plural megahacks

1. A writer who is very much a hack.

   And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion.

   1999, Joe Queenan, Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon, →ISBN

2. computingA massive hack of a computer system.

   The megahack is widely considered to have been initiated by North Korea, upset at the portrayal of Kim Jong-un in Sony’s then-imminent comedy The Interview.

   2015 July 10, Graeme Virtue, “Friday’s best TV”, in The Guardian

3. falconryA large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.

   As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany.

   1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center