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malleable

/ˈmæli.əbəl/
adjective
  1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

  2. Flexible, liable to change.

    "My opinion on the subject is malleable."

  3. (of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

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