Usually means: Deceiving to obtain private information.
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  1. pretexting: Merriam-Webster
  2. pretexting: The Word Spy
  3. pretexting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Pretexting, pretexting: Wordnik
  5. pretexting: Wiktionary
  6. pretexting: Dictionary.com
  7. Pretexting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pretexting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pretexting: Encyclopedia

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  1. pretexting: Urban Dictionary

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  1. pretexting: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Pretexting)

noun:  a type of social engineering attack that involves a situation, or pretext, created by an attacker in order to lure a victim into a vulnerable situation and to trick them into giving private information, specifically information that the victim would typically not give outside the context of the pretext.


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