PHREAKING


Meaning of PHREAKING in English

■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. the action of hacking into telecommunications systems, especially to obtain free calls.

Derivatives

phreak noun

phreaker noun

Origin

1970s: alt. of freaking by assoc. with phone .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.