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

It's a pad pusiness, dish delay; ant I vish I vas vell out of dis place'—for I pegan to fear for my throat, notmitstanding ve drank Scheitam togedder.

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham

"I vish da struck a hundred of dem snags alretty!" cried Hans.

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

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

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

My Lady Maitland and I both tink we know her too; bot we do not vish at present to let any von know dis, for certain reasons, vich we cannot explain to you.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Alexander Leighton

Dot's vy ven I been grooved up yet I vish I vould been leedle vonce!

From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye