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  • noun Plural form of phreaker.

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Examples

  • They are increasingly falling prey to "phreakers," who steal their minutes and resell them on a thriving black market.

    Stealing Minutes 2007

  • "phreakers" who manipulated telecom systems around the globe.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2010

  • "phreakers" who manipulated telecom systems around the globe.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2010

  • "phreakers" who manipulated telecom systems around the globe.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2010

  • The gun fell from his hand and he went down onto the floor once again, THE EXPERT LEVEL There are only two ways to get rid of hackers and phreakers.

    Forgetfulness ISCARS 2010

  • Look, are you familiar with teenage phreakers who “swat” people?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gates Charges Dropped: 2009

  • Piskor even brings in Apple's cofounders (below), in a hilariously drawn depiction of the time the two Steves almost got busted selling blue boxes-devices that let phreakers make free long-distance calls.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • Piskor even brings in Apple's cofounders (below), in a hilariously drawn depiction of the time the two Steves almost got busted selling blue boxes-devices that let phreakers make free long-distance calls.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • His company was recently hired by a Panamanian telecom that lost $110,000 to phreakers.

    Stealing Minutes 2007

  • "It's a great racket," says Justin Newman, CEO of BinFone Telecom of Baltimore, which has been stung by phreakers.

    Stealing Minutes 2007

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