phreaking
noun/ˈfriːkɪŋ/
/ˈfriːkɪŋ/
[uncountable] (informal, especially North American English)- the act of getting into a communications system illegally, usually in order to make phone calls without payingWord Origin1970s: alteration of freaking (see freak). The change from f- to ph- was due to association with phone ‘telephone’.
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