Doxx
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɒks/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Doxx is a verb meaning (Internet, slang, transitive) To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
Meaning
(Internet, slang, transitive) To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
More Meanings
- (Internet, slang, transitive) To reveal the operator of (an anonymous online account) without their consent.
Example Sentences
The amorphous hacktivist collective known as “Anonymous” decided to make a spectacle of the situation by publishing personally identifiable information on – “doxxing” – Todd’s stalker.
In that frame of mind, the worst thing that can happen will always be online. Being doxxed or ridiculed, for example, outweighs the offline risks of wasted time, poor health, or arrest.
“Evan doxxed everyone in Dramatis Personai. Those guys aren't just 'offline.'” Max said. “They're dead.” PHYREWALL laughed. “What's funny about that?” Max asked. “He couldn't have doxxed everyone,” PHYREWALL said. “He doxxed you, Nat,' Max said.
“ICE officers wear a mask because they’ve been doxxed by the thousands,” Tom Homan, Mr. Trump’s border czar, told my colleagues at “The Daily.” “Their families have been doxxed. ICE officers’ pictures show up on trees and telephone poles. Death threats are sky-high.”
Word Forms
- doxxes
- doxxing
- doxxed
- dox
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include downdoot, dunk, doody, doodie, doust, doompost.
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