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social engineer en · NOUN

social + engineer.

One who engages in social engineering.
- [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? 2010, Christopher Hadnagy, Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, John Wiley, unpaginated page:
- 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. 1911, Edwin Lee Earp, The Social Engineer, Eaton & Mains, page 295:

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social + engineer.

(transitive) To achieve or access by means of social engineering.
- 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. 2018, John Astley, The Role of Social Science in the Education of Professional Practitioners, Routledge, →ISBN:

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social engineered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
social engineered	Tense=Past	lexicographic
social engineers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
social engineering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic