backdoor
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌdɔr/
:
puerta trasera
- I know you wanted to help unite the people of the town against this backdoor parking fiasco.
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- It is a it is a secret trapdoor and backdoor that gets someone into your syche.
- And what would be a hunt for transcendent truth devolves into the cheap backdoor of transcendence through addiction.
- So I had worked kind of, I kind of worked some not not backdoor deals, but I came in at the right possible time.
Examples
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Similarly, he will increase efforts to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty, which global-warming activists are touting as a backdoor to increasing environmental regulation.
Academic text (2010) -
All this other stuff is simply a disguise, a backdoor way to divide the country along racial lines.
Blog text (19) -
This is a backdoor operation.
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However, filters and blocks will not prevent your students from finding a backdoor into social networks.
Academic text (2006) -
Issue 5 is still a backdoor effort to legalize marijuana in Arkansas.
Blog text (15) -
A president who makes backdoor deals with leaders of Communist countries conditioned upon his reelection?
Blog text (13) -
In recent years, the legal and political tide has turned against the use of the courts as a backdoor regulator of questionable lending practices, faulty consumer products, or even the safety of food and drugs.
Academic text (2009) -
The hackers discovered a backdoor into the company's secure network, allowing them unauthorized access.
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The insider revealed a backdoor that could help others bypass the usual hiring processes.
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She used a backdoor to enter the meeting room without going through the main entrance.
Synonyms
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5.9
A secret way to enter a system or place by avoiding security
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7.7
A secret way to talk privately between governments or leaders
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8.0
A hidden way in a computer program that lets someone get in without permission
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backdoor came to mean a secret or unofficial way in because a back door is out of sight and can let someone enter without using the main entrance. That's why we say someone got in by a backdoor when they used a 'hidden' or informal route into a group or position.