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social engineering

SOH-shul en-jih-NEER-ing

ˈsoʊʃəl ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ

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socialengineering

Dictionary meaning

psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or revealing confidential information; relies on human error rather than technical exploits

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