spoofing
spoofing Lexical Profile
spoofing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
In cybersecurity and telecommunications, the fraudulent practice of disguising a communication or network packet from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source to gain unauthorized access or deceive the recipient.
"The company implemented stricter email authentication protocols to protect its employees from domain spoofing."
In finance, an illegal market manipulation practice in which a trader places large buy or sell orders with no intention of executing them, canceling the orders just before execution to create a false impression of market demand or supply.
"Regulators fined the high-frequency trading firm millions of dollars for engaging in futures market spoofing."
The act of making a humorous parody or satirical imitation of a genre, work, or person, or playing a mild hoax on someone.
"The comedy troupe's clever spoofing of classic noir detective films earned rave reviews from critics."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the root word 'spoof', which was coined in the late 19th century by the British comedian Arthur Roberts for a nonsense game of trickery and bluffing he invented.