swatting
- IPA[ˈswädiNG]
美式
- the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address
noun: swatting
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. US informal the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address he found out that he was a victim of swatting after police surrounded his home on Thursday the officers realized they had been sent to the house as part of a swatting prank
