phishers

noun

plural of phisher
as in techies

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  1. technocrats
  2. hackers
  3. technophiles
Noun
  • Hamas continues to govern the territory, while a committee of Palestinian technocrats remains in Cairo awaiting permission to enter Gaza and oversee a transition of power.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Investors and technocrats filled the room along with politicians, union officials and university researchers.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of technocrats
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  • French newspaper Le Monde reported that hackers also extended the defrost cycle in some freezers and cold-storage rooms from one hour to eight hours to delay alarms.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
  • French investigators Tuesday were hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, with no group publicly claiming responsibility.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hackers
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  • Audiences and technophiles have been wowed, but film purists have howled over the trimming of more than 25 minutes of runtime, including some musical numbers.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of technophiles
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“Phishers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phishers. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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