crank call

[krangk kawl]

noun

plural

crank calls 

1. a telephone call made with the intention to prank someone, especially one that annoys, upsets, or harasses the person receiving the call.

Other Word Forms

• crank caller noun

Example Sentences

Officials and reports say thousands of crank calls from China have targeted Fukushima government offices and the nuclear plant’s operator, as well as the Foreign Ministry.

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Officials and reports say thousands of crank calls from China have targeted Fukushima government offices and the nuclear plant’s operator.

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Japanese public broadcaster NHK said thousands of crank calls from China have targeted Fukushima government offices and the nuclear plant’s operator.

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Soon, they started getting crank calls from strangers.

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Transit officials later explained that they had decided that wording was all but guaranteed to generate crank calls, since New Yorkers tend to regard one another and their possessions warily to begin with.

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