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backdoor
[bak-dawr]
noun
a door at the rear of a house, building, etc..
Fans were waiting by the backdoor of the theater, hoping to catch a glimpse of the band.
a secret, furtive, or illicit manner or means.
The business has a backdoor through which the board of directors can access slush fund money.
an indirect manner or means.
Marriage counseling was a kind of backdoor into therapy, where I finally faced my dysfunctional relationship with my mother.
Computers.a secret access point or undocumented vulnerability in a software program, hardware component, or digital network, sometimes intentionally maintained as for remote developer access, but also sometimes created or exploited for unauthorized access by hackers.
If half of all devices have disclosed backdoors, cybersecurity experts must assume that the number of devices affected by undisclosed or malicious backdoors is much higher.
Slang: Usually Vulgar.anus.
adjective
Special interests pushed through a backdoor contract before the bidding period had expired.
The immigration reform bill included backdoor amnesty for employed undocumented residents.
Computers.relating to, using, or noting an indirect access point into a network, computer, or program.
Hackers used a Trojan horse to establish backdoor access to the mainframe.
Slang: Vulgar.anal.
Word History and Origins
Origin of backdoor1
Example Sentences
“Trump’s crypto con is not just a scam to target investors. It’s also a dangerous backdoor for selling influence over American policies to the highest foreign bidder.”
I have been shouting into the wind for 15 years that the war on whistleblowers and government sources – started under Barack Obama and continued by Presidents Trump and Biden – was a backdoor war on journalists.
It seems like ancient history now, but once upon a time, there was a little backdoor pilot that dreamed of growing up to be a full-fledged reality television spectacle.
Would the 7-foot-3 center show off his extraordinary passing skills, flinging the ball to a teammate for a backdoor layup?
It has a key to the backdoor or, better yet, has lived inside your house all along, trying to burn it all down instead of sitting with the discomfort that your life might be changing.
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