"phishing" meaning in English

See phishing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-phishing.wav [US] Forms: phishing [singular], [plural]
Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Phishing is 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.
    Sense id: simple-phishing-en-noun-CFp1wNSI Categories (other): Computing

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-phishing.wav [US] Forms: phish [canonical], phishes [third-person, singular], phished [past], phished [past, participle], phishing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|phish|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of phish.
    Sense id: simple-phishing-en-verb-Ak4wkJAF
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