Usually means: Deceiving by impersonating something else.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word spoofing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. spoofing: Merriam-Webster
  2. spoofing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spoofing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Spoofing, spoofing: Wordnik
  5. spoofing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. spoofing: Wiktionary
  7. spoofing: Dictionary.com
  8. spoofing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Spoofing (anti-piracy measure), Spoofing (finance), Spoofing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. spoofing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. spoofing: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Spoofing: Investopedia
  4. Spoofing: Financial dictionary
  5. WebmasterWorld Webmaster and Search Engine Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. spoofing: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. spoofing: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. spoofing: Netlingo
  4. Spoofing: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  5. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Technopedia (No longer online)
  7. spoofing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spoofing: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spoofing: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

(Note: See spoof as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spoofing)

noun:  (computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.
noun:  (computing) Phishing.

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