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phishermen

phishermen is the plural of phisherman.

Meaning of phisherman

Noun

phisherman (plural phishermen)

  1. (Internet) The criminal performing phishing attacks.
    • Thus if he mistakenly enters his Citibank password into a phishing site, the phisherman gets a different password and cannot use it to impersonate him.2010, Ross J. Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

Questions about phishermen

What is phishermen the plural of?
Phishermen is the plural of phisherman.

Words near phishermen in the dictionary

  1. phis
  2. phish
  3. phished
  4. phisher
  5. phisherman
  6. phishermen
  7. phishers
  8. phishes
  9. Phishhead
  10. Phishheads
  11. phishing

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