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spear phish
[speer fish]
verb (used without object)
to phish by sending personalized email that appears to be from someone the recipient knows but which is really luring the recipient to open a malicious website.
How can we make it harder for them to spear phish?
verb (used with object)
to make (someone) a victim in this way.
My name was being used to spear phish my Facebook friends.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- spear phisher noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spear phish1
First recorded in 2005–10; spear 1 ( def. ) + phish ( def. )
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