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Definition of "phreak" [phreak]

  • Slang To manipulate a telephone system illicitly to allow one to make calls without paying for them. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "phreak" in a sentence
  • "A phone phreak is someone who loves exploring the telephone system and experimenting with it to understand how it works."
  • "Recently I have been working on a piece that examines some of the aesthetics similarities between phrakers, underground hackers, and trollers and it sort of hit me that I had no idea when the term "phreak" or "freak" came into being."
  • ""Spell 'phreak' with a ph and you're talking about somebody who steals phone services."
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