typosquat
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from typosquatting.
Verb edit
typosquat (third-person singular simple present typosquats, present participle typosquatting, simple past and past participle typosquatted)
- To register a domain name likely to be mistyped by users.
- 2008, Jacqueline D. Lipton, Internet Domain Names, Trademarks and Free Speech[1], page 263:
- Presumably it would be difficult to typosquat on a personalized Facebook username, provided that Facebook is vigilant about responding to complaints by trademark holders under its current online procedure.
Noun edit
typosquat (plural typosquats)
- (uncommon) Such a domain name.
- 2008, Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law, Practising Law Institute, page 138:
- Trademark owners are registering IDN versions of their marks as domains, but there are many more typosquats made possible in these alternative scripts.
Translations edit
typo-based domain name
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