phreak

[ freek ]

nounSlang.

verb (used without object),phreaked, phreak·ing.

verb (used with object),phreaked, phreak·ing.

to tamper with (telephones) as a phone phreak does.: Compare spoof (def. 6), phish.

Origin of phreak

First recorded in 1970–75; altered spelling of freak¹ (def. 6), copying ph- of phone¹

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