phisherman

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phisherman

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From phisher + -man, modeled on fisherman.

noun phishermen

Internet The criminal performing phishing attacks. Thus if he mistakenly enters his Citibank password into a phishing site, the phisherman gets a different password and cannot use it to impersonate him.

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@misc{phisherman_2026,
  title = {phisherman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phisherman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}