doxx

(redirected from doxed)
Also found in: Idioms.

doxx

or dox  (dŏks)
tr.v. dox·xes, dox·xing, doxxed or dox·es or dox·ing or doxed
To publicly disclose the identity, address, or other personal details of (someone), especially as a form of online harassment.

[Respelling of docs, short for documents, plural of document (originally in to drop dox, to make (someone's) documents public, as in an Internet chat room or other online forum).]

dox′xer, dox′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.