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noun, masculine

hameçonnage

/am.sɔ.naʒ/

noun, masculine/am.sɔ.naʒ/plural: hameçonnages

phishing; a phishing scam

From hameçonner (“to attract and seduce by a deceptive appearance”) + -age (“-age, -ing, -ment”), with some allusion to English phishing (un hameçon being a fishhook). Coined by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) in 2004.