hameçonnage
French
Etymology
From hameçonner (“to attract and seduce by a deceptive appearance”) + -age (“-age, -ing, -ment”), with some allusion to English phishing (un hameçon being a fishhook).
Noun
hameçonnage m (plural hameçonnages)
- (Internet) Phishing; a phishing scam.
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