dox
or doxx
[doks]
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verb (used with or without object), doxed or doxxed, dox·ing or dox·xing.
Slang. 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.
Origin of dox
2000–05; alteration of docs, short for documents
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Examples from the Web for dox
Contemporary Examples of dox
Victims of careless ‘dox’ attempts say the consequences are miserable.
It is even worse when online actors “dox”—or publicly release the private information of—the incorrect person.
Historical Examples of dox
Congressional timber was scarce on account of the test oath and the Fourteenth Amendment, so Dox secured a nomination.
Civil War and Reconstruction in AlabamaWalter L. Fleming
My private name is Dox, but a King can't be called by his private name; he has to take one that is official.
The Road to OzL. Frank Baum
The dox are all fools, but one: and the pashints are lyres, ivery man Jack.
Hard CashCharles Reade
King Dox thanked Dorothy fervently for getting him the invitation to come to Oz, which he had all his life longed to visit.
The Road to OzL. Frank Baum