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phish   (fĭsh)   
intr.v.   phished, phish·ing, phish·es
To request confidential information over the Internet under false pretenses in order to fraudulently obtain credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal data.

[Alteration (influenced by phreak) of fish.]
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Main Entry:  phish
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to send ruse e-mail with a link to a replica of an existing web page, designed to fool users into submitting personal, financial, or password information; to defraud someone using this method; also, to create a website replica for fooling unsuspecting Internet users into submitting personal or financial information or passwords
Example:  1990s; prob fr fishing, borrowing the ph from phony
Etymology:  computing; also phishing, (n.), phisher, (n.)
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phish

and spoof; card
  1. in.
    to “fish” for passwords and personal information by trickery, on internet. (Sometimes by setting up a phony URL which people sign in to by giving their passwords or credit card numbers.) : They must have been phishing to get my credit card number while I placed an order online.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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