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Social engineering is using manipulation, influence and deception to get a person, a trusted insider within an organization, to comply with a request, and the request is usually to release information or to perform some sort of action item that benefits that attacker.
Kevin Mitnick

Meaning of "attacker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ATTACKER

attacker  [əˈtækə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTACKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Attacker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ATTACKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attacker

In some sports, an attacker is a specific type of player, usually one whose role involves aggressive play. Heavy attackers are usually placed up front so they can score some points for the team. In football, attackers are also referred to as strikers.

Definition of attacker in the English dictionary

The definition of attacker in the dictionary is someone who makes an attack. Other definition of attacker is a member of a sports team whose role is to attack the oppoenents' goal or territory.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATTACKER


acca
ˈækə
acker
ˈækə
alpaca
ælˈpækə
bacca
ˈbækə
backer
ˈbækə
backpacker
ˈbækpækə
caca
ˈkækə
counterattacker
ˌkaʊntəʳəˈtækə
cracker
ˈkrækə
Dakar
ˈdækə
Dhaka
ˈdækə
hacker
ˈhækə
lacquer
ˈlækə
Makkah
ˈmækə
Melaka
məˈlækə
packer
ˈpækə
stacker
ˈstækə
tacker
ˈtækə
tracker
ˈtrækə
wacker
ˈwækə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATTACKER

attach
attachable
attache
attached
attacher
attachment
attachment of earnings
attack
attack ad
attack dog
attackable
attacking
attackman
attagirl
attain
attainability
attainable
attainableness
attainder
attainer

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATTACKER

bushwhacker
carjacker
Christmas cracker
cream cracker
firecracker
graham cracker
highjacker
hijacker
jacker
lacker
nutcracker
quacker
racker
sacker
skyjacker
slacker
smacker
snacker
sticker
unpacker
whacker

Synonyms and antonyms of attacker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ATTACKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «attacker» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of attacker

Translation of «attacker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ATTACKER

Find out the translation of attacker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of attacker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attacker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

袭击者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agresor
570 millions of speakers

English

attacker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हमलावर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهاجم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

злоумышленник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agressor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিতর্কমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agresseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diserang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Angreifer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

攻撃者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가해자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyerang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kẻ tấn công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आक्रमक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

attackable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assalitore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

atakujący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зловмисник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atacator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εισβολέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanvaller
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

angripare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

angriperen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of attacker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTACKER»

The term «attacker» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.678 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTACKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about attacker

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3 QUOTES WITH «ATTACKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word attacker.
1
David Lange
We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand's assistance with nuclear weapons or to present American nuclear capability as a deterrent to an attacker.
2
Kevin Mitnick
Social engineering is using manipulation, influence and deception to get a person, a trusted insider within an organization, to comply with a request, and the request is usually to release information or to perform some sort of action item that benefits that attacker.
3
Abby Wambach
Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTACKER»

Discover the use of attacker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to attacker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Innovation: The Attacker's Advantage
Takes an aggressive approach giving managers at all levels the competitive edge they need for business survival and market dominance, including advice on predicting the market, offensive and defensive market strategies, investing, and ...
Richard N. Foster, 1988
2
Information Security Management Handbook, Fifth Edition
The MAC address it finds in the ARP table is the attacker's address. All data for the outside world is sent to the attacker's machine. 4. The attacker sniffs the traffic from the line. 5. The IP forwarding activated in Step 1 redirects all traffic from the ...
Harold F. Tipton, Micki Krause, 2003
3
SmartData: Privacy Meets Evolutionary Robotics
The time delays now can be predicted using fuzzy rules given below: If attacker time delay in a level is VHT and the number of levels to goal is LW then attacker time to reach a goal is MD If attacker time delay in a level is VHT and the number  ...
Inman Harvey, Ann Cavoukian, George Tomko, 2013
4
Formal Security Evaluation of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols
The Dolev-Yao MANET attacker can capture any message in the network and can transmit a message to any network node. Since the attacker effectively reduces communication between any two nodes to a two-hop network channeled  ...
Todd R. Andel, 2007
5
The Principles of Brazilian Soccer
serves the attacker (2 - center midfield defensive). Attacker (2) passes to attacker (3 - center midfield offensive) moving to an open space. Attacker (3) passes the ball to attacker (4 - left midfielder), and starts the penetration without the ball to ...
Thadeu Goncalves, 1998
6
Winning Women's Lacrosse
to the attacker, “You cannot come in this direction.” The defender must be strong in her stance to force the attacker in the designated (opposite) direction; the defender must also be light on her feet, with her weight on the balls of her feet ( never ...
Kelly Amonte Hiller, Ashley Gersuk, Ann Elliott
7
Coaching Volleyball Technical and Tactical Skills
Error Error correction Attacker hits the ball into the net. Attacker hits the ball deep out of bounds. Attacker collides with a frontrow attacker. Attacker is called for a line violation. Attacker's hit lacks power. Attacker is not ready for the set.
American Sport Education Program, Cecile Reynaud
8
Information Security Fundamentals
After the attacker has gone through the Web site, he would probably move to Internet search engines to find more information about the network he wishes to attack. He would be looking for bad newsgroup postings, posts at sites for people  ...
Thomas R. Peltier, Justin Peltier, John A. Blackley, 2005
9
Protection, Security, and Safeguards: Practical Approaches ...
The tight position of the guard allows the protective agent a strong defensive position that will minimize damage the attacker could inflict by having the leverage from the top position. If the attacker throws a punch, the agent can parry the blow ...
Dale L. June, 2000
10
Frontiers in Algorithmics: Second International Workshop, ...
4 Verification of WMF Protocol in Abstracted Horn Model The attacker can hold the session key after it is expired. Because of a decrypt rule(destruct rule) decrypt ({Secret} xK ,xK) = Secret by DY3, there is a following attack sequence(the first ...
Franco P. Preparata, Xiaodong Wu, Jianping Yin, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTACKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term attacker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wythenshawe rape victim 'met her attacker on night out'
The MEN now understands that the victim met her attacker on a night out and was grabbed after she got out of a cab near the park. Earlier, DS ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
2
'Son of Lucifer' axe attacker Richard Nash jailed
A man who called himself the "son of Lucifer" and attacked two strangers with an axe has been jailed. Richard Nash, 37, assaulted the men ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Shot policeman tried to save attacker, court told
A POLICEMAN shot in the leg with his own gun by a man attempting to kill himself had his gun locked, loaded and ready to fire when he tried to ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
4
Sampdoria reach agreement for Cesena attacker
Gregoire Defrel Cesena Sampdoria have reached an agreement with Cesena to sign the French forward Gregoire Defrel, although the deal is ... «Forza Italian Football, Jul 15»
5
Hunt for sex attacker who struck in broad daylight
“I am glad she managed to fend off her attacker, and police were called immediately after the incident. Specially trained officers will continue to support her and ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
6
CCTV images released to help catch Inverness attacker
The attacker is described as white, aged around 20 to 30 and six feet tall with dark hair gelled in a comb-over style. He was wearing a black or ... «Highland News, Jul 15»
7
Suicide bomber kills five in Nigeria church: police, witness
The attacker entered the Redeemed Christian Church of God in the Jigawa area on the outskirts of Potiskum and detonated his explosives. «Capital FM Kenya, Jul 15»
8
Manchester United attacker completes transfer to Fenerbahce
Manchester United ace Nani has completed his move to Fenerbahce, according to reports from Goal.com. Nani has been heavily linked with an ... «FootballFanCast.com, Jul 15»
9
Police department attacker gets life sentence and 168 years of jail time
A suspect, who staged an attack at an Istanbul police station and had previously shot a police officer, was sentenced to aggravated life ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Tunisia beach attacker's mother says son was 'brainwashed'
An undated image available on Twitter by the Tunisian branch of the Islamic State (IS) group reportedly shows the gunman who carried out the ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

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