vish

[ vish ]

verb (used without object)

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.

verb (used with object)

1. to make a victim in this way:

   I was vished and now my bank account is empty!

Other Words From

• visher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vish¹

First recorded in 2005–10; v(oice) + (ph)ish

Example Sentences

On Friday, Vish Burra, executive secretary of the New York Young Republican Club, said his group was planning rallies at Collect Pond Park, immediately opposite the courthouse, which was also the site of protests during Trump’s arraignment last year.

From Seattle Times

“Is he even Australian?” asked Vish Burra, the group’s executive secretary, who recently served as director of operations for George Santos during his tenure as a representative in Washington.

From Slate

An aide who worked briefly in Santos’ congressional office, Derek Myers, told staff of the House’s ethics subcommittee that he got his job after sending hundreds of dollars in Venmo payments to the Republican’s operations director, Vish Burra.

From Washington Times

An aide who worked briefly in Santos’ congressional office, Derek Myers, told staff of the House’s ethics subcommittee that he got his job after sending hundreds of dollars in Venmo payments to the Republican’s operations director, Vish Burra.

From Seattle Times

Derek Myers, 31, told staff of the House’s ethics subcommittee during an interview Wednesday that while he was trying to get a job in Santos’ congressional office in late January, he sent at least seven $150 payments to Santos’ director of operations, Vish Burra.

From Washington Times