spoofing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Paul and his collaborators are clearly besotted lovers as well as knowledgeable students of the musicals they are spoofing, so the evening’s spirit is exuberantly affectionate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
However, some ships may be turning their trackers off or broadcasting a false position, a practice known as "spoofing".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
But jamming can work, as Ukraine has shown, as can "spoofing", which involves hacking into the drone's navigation system to change its destination.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
For example, the number of servers available in a country may be suitable for situations in which speed is more important than location spoofing.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
Hackers, predictably, responded by forming a "Lumber Cartel" spoofing this paranoid theory; the web page is http://come.to/the.lumber.cartel.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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