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vish

/vish/US // vɪʃ //

维什,维斯

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from people by placing phone calls, typically automated, that seem to be from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution: an increase in vishing, facilitated by VoIP, an internet-based phone system.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a victim in this way: I was vished and now my bank account is empty!

Examples

  • Who is Ignatiy Vishnevetsky ( Ig-nah-tee Vish-neh-vet-ski)?

  • Aber I vish dot you vould go ofer py der alley und lisden pehindt der house.

  • I don't vish to 'urry you—but I vant you to mike 'aste—&c., &c.

  • I have mooch money; mein haus in Batavia is mosd peautiful, und you shall have plendy servands to do all dot you vish.

  • I do very moshe vish zat ze only ting ze plenty humbug professors now-a-days stuff vas ze birds!'

  • Wol′fish, Wol′vish, like a wolf either in form or quality: rapacious.