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  • present participle of spoof.
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spoofing

British  

noun

  1. the act or an instance of impersonating another person on the internet or via email

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Last November, the UK government promised, external that call spoofing would be eliminated within a year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Ukrainian drones bound for targets inside Russia are sometimes diverted by jammers or GPS spoofing; one struck an Estonian power station earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

And where does he fit into the British tradition of spoofing politicians?

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

For its upcoming Los Angeles venue, experiential art firm Meow Wolf will focus on the art of storytelling, with a specific eye toward spoofing our city’s moviemaking magic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The gradual augmentation of the spook’s power is one of the most preposterous, the most laughable histories in the whole literature of spoofing.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by John Still

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