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Phishing

/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

To engage in phishing.

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📖 Definitions of "Phishing"

verb

1
To engage in phishing.

noun

1
The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
2
The act of circumventing security with an alias.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Phishing"

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hooknoun	A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
hooksnoun	A surname.
pharmingnoun	(computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.
fraudnoun	(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
scambaitingnoun	(Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
bad faithnoun	(law) An intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).
sporgerynoun	(Internet) The disruptive act of posting a flood of articles to a newsgroup, the article headers having been falsified so as to make the articles appear to have been posted by people other than the true poster.
copyfraudnoun	(law) False claims of copyright, such as a claim of copyright ownership of public domain material.
crimen falsinoun	(law) A crime involving a falsehood, such as forgery, perjury, or counterfeiting.
forgerynoun	The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
defraudingverb	The act of committing fraud.
pseudospoofingnoun	(computing) The use of a Sybil attack.
identity theftnoun	(law, criminology) The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.
falsificationnoun	The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
falseningnoun	The act or process of making false; falsification
finaglingnoun	The act of cheating or swindling.
fakerynoun	Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
smishingnoun	A type of identity theft committed by means of a malicious link that is contained within a text message.
friendly fraudnoun	A type of fraud in which a customer purchases and receives an item using a credit card, then requests a spurious chargeback to obtain a refund, effectively gaining the item for free.
hoaxingnoun	The perpetration of a hoax.