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gray hats

gray hats is the plural of gray hat.

Meaning of gray hat

Noun

gray hat (plural gray hats)

  1. (idiomatic) A morally ambiguous character; an antihero.
  2. (slang, computer security) A hybrid between a white hat and a black hat hacker, who hacks for no personal gain, and does not have malicious intentions, but does sometimes commit crimes.

Questions about gray hats

What is gray hats the plural of?
Gray hats is the plural of gray hat.

Words near gray hats in the dictionary

  1. gray gold
  2. gray goo
  3. gray ground squirrel
  4. gray ground squirrels
  5. gray hat
  6. gray hats
  7. gray hen
  8. gray hens
  9. gray hydrogen
  10. gray iron
  11. gray irons

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