■ 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 .
■ 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. 2004