Used attributively to describe something dull, routine, or unoriginal, e.g., "hack writer".
Translations
mercenairepéjoratif, pour un travail ou un style d’écriture fait surtout pour l’argent The novel was criticized as hack writing by several reviewers.
Le roman a été critiqué par plusieurs critiques comme une écriture mercenaire.
Definitions
Producing dull or unoriginal work; mediocre; hired to do routine tasks. The novel was criticized as hack writing by several reviewers.