Usually means: Guessing passwords using common words.
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  1. dictionary attack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dictionary attack: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dictionary attack: Wiktionary
  4. Dictionary attack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. dictionary attack: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dictionary attack)

noun:  (computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords.

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