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backdoor

noun backdoors

  1. alternative Alternative form of back door South Western Railway is introducing "backdoor price hikes" of "up to 28%" from September 5, claims pressure group SWR Watch, which has asked the operator: "When were you going to tell passengers?"

verb backdoors · backdooring · backdoored

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of back door

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Closest in meaning: behind-the-scenes, loophole, tunnel, shadow, backstage, undercover, covert, disguised, clandestine, hidden, illicit, backdoors, hack, surreptitious, trojan, honeypot

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@misc{backdoor_2026,
  title = {backdoor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backdoor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}