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

Derived Forms

• visher
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vish

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

Example Sentences

"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 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

You are going to valk through some mud, and as it rains I do not vish you to catch cold.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

Mr. Hook.—Bust me, I honly vish you 'ad to try it three months yourself, you vouldn't think it vas quite so funny.

From The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

"A pook achent, vat podders te school committees till they do vat you vish, shoost to get rid of you?"

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various