English Explanatory Dictionary

evil maid attack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An attack on an unattended device, in which a person with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later secretly access it again.

Word forms

evil maid attack evil maid attacks

Etymology

From the idea that a maid in a hotel might be able to carry out such an attack.

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