HACKERAZZI

n.

A person who breaks into a celebrity's email account or computer. [Hacker+paparazzi]

With his head hung low, Jacksonville's so-calledKackerazziadmits he hacked into the email accounts of celebrities. Christopher Chaney faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to wiretapping and unauthorized access to a computer.

—Rich Jones, " Hate crimes claim: http://www.wokv.com/weblogs/morning-news-recap/2012/mar/27/hate-crimes-claim/,"Morning News Recap(WOKV), March 27, 2012

Sorry, there'll be no full frontal nudity for LINDSAY LOHAN's Playboy celebrity photo shoot when it makes its debut on the January/February 2012 issue. So much for your anticipation, you aren't getting a single glimpse of Lindsay fully uncovered unless somehackerazzigoes and infiltrates her email account.

—" Sorry, No Full Frontal Nudity For LINDSAY LOHAN's Playboy Celebrity Photo Shoot: http://anythinghollywood.com/2011/11/full-frontal-nudity-lindsay-lohans-playboy-celebrity-photo-shoot/,"Anything Hollywood, November 13, 2011

A man accused of targeting individuals associated with the entertainment industry by hacking into personal e-mail accounts was arrested today after being charged with a range of cyber-related crimes.

—" Florida Man Arrested in 'OperationHackerazzi' for Targeting Celebrities with Computer Intrusion, Wiretapping, and Identity Theft: http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/florida-man-arrested-in-operation-hackerazzi-for-targeting-celebrities-with-computer-intrusion-wiretapping-and-identity-theft,"The Federal Bureau of Investigation, October 12, 2011

Yes, I knowhackerazziis a plural term (hackerazzowould be the singular form), but that's not how writers — even professional ones — are using the word, so (proud descriptivist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description that I am), the definition here is singular.H/t to KH for spying this term.

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