hameçonnage

French

Etymology

From hameçonner (“to attract and seduce by a deceptive appearance”) + -age (“-age, -ing, -ment”), with some allusion to English phishing (un hameçon being a fishhook).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hameçonnage m (plural hameçonnages)

1. (Internet) phishing; a phishing scam

Further reading

• hameçonnage on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr