[friːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hack into telecommunications systems, especially to obtain free calls
(e.g: a few old-time hackers still phreak casually just to keep their hand in)


Phrases:

Origin:
1970s: alteration of freak (perhaps punning on free call), with the change from f- to ph- apparently by association with phone

[friːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who hacks into telecommunications systems, especially to obtain free calls
(e.g: the nation's most clever cellular phone phreaks)


Phrases:

Origin:
1970s: alteration of freak (perhaps punning on free call), with the change from f- to ph- apparently by association with phone