dox

American  

[doks] / dɒks /

Also doxx

noun

Slang.

1. a person’s identifying information, as address, phone number, name, or alias, when maliciously posted online to target that person for pranks, fraud, or other harassment.

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verb (used with or without object)

Slang.

doxed, doxing

1. to publish the private personal information of (another person) or reveal the identity of (an online poster) without the consent of that individual.

   The professor was doxed by a bitter student who failed her class.

   Several players doxed the programmer because the final version of the game disappointed them.

Etymology

Origin of dox

First recorded in 2000–05; alteration of docs, plural of doc (shortening of document ( def. ) )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dox doxed doxing

“You dox, you get suspended. End of story. That’s it,” he said on a Twitter Space audio discussion late Thursday, referring to the act of disclosing someone personal details online.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

"If you dox, you get suspended. End of story," Musk said repeatedly in response to questions.

From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022

“No special treatment: you dox, you get suspended. End of story.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Within 24 hours of the dox, the Lafayette Police Department announced that Zacharek had been fired.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2022

Always the woman appears as the practical guide; the one who keeps her head, even in love:—    Elle l'a mis a raison:     "Aucassins, biax amis dox,     En quele tere en irons nous?"

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

“We had a lot of trouble then,” said a woman who asked to be referred to only as “Sue” for fear of being doxed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

The executive director of the center offered me cake, but declined to speak on the record, citing concerns after recently being doxed online.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2024

He told the BBC he had been doxed and his parents harassed.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

“Our lead attorney was doxed, and they had a massive protest at his house,” Mr. Harden said.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

During the August 2021 hearing, Little testified that Zacharek exchanged text messages with Duncan about how he was going to handle getting doxed.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2022

The Times identified hundreds of other UCC filings with no apparent legal basis that also listed the home addresses of government officials and prominent power-brokers, effectively turning the state’s public database into a doxing tool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

On the subject of intimidation — that’s also one of the things that I wanted to get your thoughts on, particularly the pizza doxing you mentioned.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025

Some argue that federal agents have become spooked in recent years as the threat of doxing — not just to them, but their families — has magnified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

Speaking to the BBC, Price says she has had many private documents posted onto the site - called doxing - including some of her confidential mail.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

They’d been so proud to march barefaced, and now the internet at large was doxing them.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025