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

You say you not vish to play in publique?

From The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

"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

"I vould vish to say gut night to te lady; to say to her tat I haf not shleep."

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

I vish you should share my vork now, so you 276 can share my life efterwards.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

I feel moch better, zough I vish ze table vould not move.

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