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Showing words for PHISHING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Phishing

phishing

7 Letter Words for Phishing

hishing, nighish, pishing

6 Letter Words for Phishing

gispin, inship, siping

5 Letter Words for Phishing

highs, hings, ignis, nighs, phish, piing, pings, singh

4 Letter Words for Phishing

gins, gish, high, higi, hing, hins, hips, hish, hisn, insp, nigh, nips, nisi, phis, pigs, ping, pins, pish, psig, shih, shin, ship, sigh, sign, sing, sinh, snig, snip, spig, spin

3 Letter Words for Phishing

gin, gis, gnp, gns, gph, gps, hin, hip, his, ign, ihi, ihp, ihs, ing, ins, iph, ips, ish, isn, nig, nip, nis, phi, pig, pin, pis, psi, shh, shi, shp, sig, sin, sip

Definitions for Phishing

[1] to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
[2] to make (someone) a victim in this way: If you've been phished, you should cancel your credit cards immediately.
[3] the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft

Words nearby Phishing

phishphiltrum, phimosis, phimotic, phineas, phineus, phish, phishing, phitsanulok, phiz, phlebarteriectasia, phlebectasia

Origin of Phishing

1995–2000; respelling (influenced by phreak) of fish

Other words from Phishing

phish·er , noun

Word origin for Phishing

C21: from fishing in the sense of catching the unwary by offering bait; computer-hacker slang often replaces f with ph