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Meaning of dox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
    plural, plural-only, slang
  2. A surname

Equivalents

Français dox dox
Kurdî dox

Examples

“Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?”
“its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres^([sic]) someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...”
“judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^([sic]) PULL HIS DOX!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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