doxx
UK/dɒks//dɑks/
doxx verb: to publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
Verb
doxx (third-person singular simple present doxxes, present participle doxxing, simple past and past participle doxxed)
- To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
- and we do what you say because? the fact you claim to be an exscn from arizona when in fact you have been doxxed as a peon from NYC? or maybe you think we should forget the 4000 posts slamming everyone from alert to znalo posted at such a rate you have to be mainlining amphetamine sulphate?2008 August 20, Jinkii <Jinkii2@googlemail.com>, “Posting on ars doesn't actually introduce Scientology to more people...”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Oct...
- The amorphous hacktivist collective known as “Anonymous” decided to make a spectacle of the situation by publishing personally identifiable information on – “doxxing” – Todd’s stalker.2012 October 29, Danah Boyd, “Truth, Lies, and ‘Doxxing’: The Real Moral of the Gawker/Reddit Story”, in Wired, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2014
- To reveal the operator of (an anonymous online account) without their consent.
Examples of doxx in a sentence
- Being doxxed or ridiculed, for example, outweighs the offline risks of wasted time, poor health, or arrest.2013, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous, unnumbered page:
- The agency has not provided any information to support their assertion of an increase in agent doxxing.2025 September 5, Jaclyn Diaz, “What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests”, in NPR, archived from the original on 07 Sep...
- “ICE officers wear a mask because they’ve been doxxed by the thousands,” Tom Homan, Mr.2025 September 5, Sabrian Tavernise, quoting Tom Homan, “ICE Agents Are Wearing Masks. Is That Un-American?”, in The New York Times...
Forms of doxx
| third-person singular present | doxxes |
|---|---|
| present participle | doxxing |
| past participle | doxxed |
| past | doxxed |
| alternative form | dox |
Origin of doxx
A phonetic respelling of docs, which is a clipped form of documents.
Words formed from doxx
Words that rhyme with doxx
Questions about doxx
- What does doxx mean?
- Doxx means to publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
- How do you use doxx in a sentence?
- Being doxxed or ridiculed, for example, outweighs the offline risks of wasted time, poor health, or arrest.
- What part of speech is doxx?
- Doxx is a verb.
- How do you pronounce doxx?
- Doxx is pronounced /dɒks/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of doxx?
- The past tense of doxx is doxxed.
Words near doxx in the dictionary
Source and license
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