vish

American  

[vish] / vɪʃ /

verb (used without object)

1. to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from people by placing phone calls, typically automated, that seem to be from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution.

   an increase in vishing, facilitated by VoIP, an internet-based phone system.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make a victim in this way.

   I was vished and now my bank account is empty!

Other Word Forms

• visher
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vish

First recorded in 2005–10; v(oice) + (ph)ish

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

vish

"I vish he'd turn his face a leetle more this vay."

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

I vish I make a swift voyage dis time.

From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

"I vish ve had gone to dot Dampa py railroad drain, ain't it!"

From The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht by Stratemeyer, Edward

Lifting his waistcoat, and looking down, he said slowly— 255 “Truly I vish I had not eaten so much biscuit!”

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert

I vish I got dem Chunchusers—or vot you call dem—here.

From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward