Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social engineer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: so-cial engi-neer
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who engages in social engineering.

verb

To achieve or access by means of social engineering.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"We need another type of social engineer for the country problem, who will be able to direct the social forces of a whole county and relate them to the best interests of State and county."
"[Pretexting] is one of the critical points for many social engineers. Pretexting involves developing the role the social engineer will play for the attack on the company. Will the social engineer be a customer, vendor, tech support, new hire, or something equally realistic and believable?"
"Leon social engineered his way into our corporate intranet."
"What was also prevalent was a Fabian-type view of socialism that it could be administered, even social engineered into existence."

Etymology

social + engineer.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

social engineers (plural) social engineers (present, singular) social engineering (participle, present) social engineered (participle, past) social engineered (past)

Questions

What does social engineer mean?: One who engages in social engineering.
Where does social engineer come from?: social + engineer.

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