malvertisement

noun

Etymology

Blend of malicious + advertisement.

  1. borrowed from advertissement
  2. compounded as malvertisement — “malicious + advertisement

Definitions

  1. An advertisement, published on the Internet, that is infected with malicious code aiming…

    An advertisement, published on the Internet, that is infected with malicious code aiming to hijack the viewer's computer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malvertisement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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