phishing
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phishing
- /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
Sounds like fishing · Rhymes with -ɪʃɪŋ
Where it comes from
Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.
noun
- 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. Holonym: social engineering
- The act of circumventing security with an alias.
verb
- present participle and gerund of phish
Translations
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noun malicious act
| Español | phishing, fishin |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 피싱 pising |
| 日本語 | フィッシング fisshingu, フィッシング詐欺 fisshingu sagi |
| 中文 | 釣魚法 /钓鱼法 diàoyúfǎ, 釣魚欺詐 /钓鱼欺诈 diàoyúqīzhà, 網釣法 /网钓法 wǎngdiàofǎ, 釣魚式攻擊 /钓鱼式攻击 diàoyúshì gōngjī, diàoyúshì gōngjí, 網絡網釣 /网络网钓 wǎngluò wǎngdiào, 網路網釣 /网路网钓 wǎnglù wǎngdiào |
| हिन्दी | फ़िशिंग fiśiṅg, फिशिंग phiśiṅg, अंकीय धोखाधड़ी aṅkīya dhokhādhṛī |
| Português | phishing |
| Français | hameçonnage |
| Deutsch | Phishing |
| Română | înșelăciune electronică |
| Русский | фи́шинг fíšing |
| العربية | اَلِاحْتِيَالُ الْإِلِكْتُرُونِيُّ al-iḥtiyālu l-ʔilikturūniyyu, اَلتَّصَيُّدُ at-taṣayyudu, اَلْفِيشِينْغ al-fīšīnḡ |
| עברית | דִּיּוּג diyúg, פישינג físhing |
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title = {phishing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phishing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
