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单词 phone phreak
释义

phone phreakn.

Brit. /ˈfəʊn ˌfriːk/, U.S. /ˈfoʊn ˌfrik/
Forms: 1900s– phone freak, 1900s– phone phreak.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: phone n.2, phreak n.
Etymology: < phone n.2 + phreak n. Compare phone phreaking n.
A person who fraudulently uses an electronic device to avoid paying for telephone calls or connections, or to make long-distance calls at cheap rate; = phreak n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller > illegal long-distance
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1971 R. Rosenbaum in Esquire Oct. 222/1 Independent phone companies..have always been favorites with phone phreaks.
1983 Wall St. Jrnl. (European ed.) 14 Apr. 7/3 TAP got started in 1971 to help ‘phone phreaks’ crack phone company security.
2004 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 29 Feb. 6 Although each attack might only cost a company a few thousand pounds, once a phone freak has gained entry, they can come back at will until their activity is noticed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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