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"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "网钓法"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "釣魚式攻擊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diàoyúshì gōngjī, diàoyúshì gōngjí",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "钓鱼式攻击"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "網絡網釣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎngluò wǎngdiào",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "网络网钓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "網路網釣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎnglù wǎngdiào",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "网路网钓"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "phishing"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "rhybaření"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "rettrompado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "verkkourkinta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "tietojen kalastelu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious act",
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"informal"
],
"word": "khalastelu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "phishing"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hameçonnage"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "taɣlitoba",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "თაღლითობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pišingi",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "ფიშინგი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Phishing"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "adathalászat"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "pengelabuan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fioscaireacht"
},
{
"alt": "フィッシングさぎ fisshingu sagi",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "フィッシング詐欺"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "hītinihanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "hītinihanga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fišing",
"sense": "malicious act",
"word": "فیشینگ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wyłudzanie danych"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "phishing"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "înșelăciune electronică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fíšing",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фи́шинг"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "phishing"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nätfiske"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "malicious act",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwe-rwydo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"phishing"
],
"word": "phishing"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English Usenet slang",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/ɪʃɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪʃɪŋ/2 syllables",
"en:Computer security"
],
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"2": "fishing",
"3": "",
"4": "trying to find"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phat",
"3": ""
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phreak",
"3": ""
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
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"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "phishing",
"name": "head"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"word": "phish"
}
],
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],
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[
"phish",
"phish#English"
]
],
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"participle",
"present"
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],
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"ipa": "/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/"
},
{
"homophone": "fishing"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪʃɪŋ"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-phishing.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-phishing.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "phishing"
}
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