phishers

noun

plural of phisher
as in techies

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  1. technocrats
  2. hackers
  3. technophiles
Noun
  • For Commander Brown, public safety is determined by risk that technocrats meet behind a closed door to determine.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Eight of those seats are reserved for women, religious scholars, technocrats, and overseas citizens.
    — Aqil Shah, Time, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of technocrats
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  • The hackers allegedly built infrastructure that could scan for vulnerable devices, compromise them and then use those devices as cover.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This violates right-to-delete laws, and worse, hackers can reverse-engineer those leftover AI files to steal sensitive health data.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hackers
Noun
  • 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 4 Sep. 2026.

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