swatting
- noun
- /ˈswɑːtɪŋ/
- Offensive
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swatting
- The recent rise in swatting incidents has led to increased police scrutiny and public awareness.
- swatting incident
And I think I was explaining this at at dinner, but that there is also this component called swatting, which is something that we never did.
- And I think I was explaining this at at dinner, but that there is also this component called swatting, which is something that we never did.
Examples
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He's he This is so complicated because it's like, I want to be outraged, like the guys who were doing the swatting thing, but they're just Dick heads.
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I think there'll be way more swatting cause swatting is anonymous for the person that's doing it.
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And once someone was swatted and the cops actually, Oh my God.
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So somebody got swatted, which resulted in them dying.
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And I think I was explaining this at at dinner, but that there is also this component called swatting, which is something that we never did.
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We allow bounces and we allow swatting, but we don't allow fingering or blowing.
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He was the target of a dangerous prank known as swatting, where someone falsely reported an emergency to send police to his home.
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Authorities are cracking down on the act of swatting, which can put innocent lives at risk by falsely alerting law enforcement.
Synonyms
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A telephone call made to annoy someone as a joke
An act of asking the police to come and deal with a problem, often during an argument
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
swatting = SWAT (opaque) = swat + ting
The term 'swatting' in this context is derived from 'SWAT' (Special Weapons and Tactics), but the meaning shift to a prank call is not transparent.
Etymology
Swatting also comes from the police name SWAT, short for 'Special Weapons And Tactics', because people began using the term for the dangerous prank of calling in a SWAT team. That's why swatting now means making a false emergency call to send police to someone's home.