vish
/vish/US // vɪʃ //
维什,维斯
Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
- 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
- : 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.
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