backdoor
adjective
back·door
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The two sides exchanged leads until Connecticut took a four-point advantage with 1:40 remaining, as UConn alum Morgan Tuck scored on a backdoor cutter. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "Thomas, Williams lead Connecticut Sun past Las Vegas Aces 89-95 in game with playoff feel," 24 Aug. 2019 Officers went in the house through the backdoor and saw blood throughout the kitchen and leading toward a bathroom that had a door to the basement in it. — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, "Man stabbed by resident after allegedly breaking into St. Paul home is charged with burglary, assault," 9 Aug. 2019 Hackers exploited a pair of potent zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox to infect Mac users with a largely undetected backdoor, according to accounts pieced together from multiple people. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Potent Firefox 0-day used to install undetected backdoors on Macs," 20 June 2019 The body of 17-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was found on her backdoor steps by her father. — CBS News, ""Hollywood Ripper" trial: Michael Gargiulo found guilty of murder and attempted murder," 15 Aug. 2019 But attackers could backdoor applications and then redistribute them, and the modified applications would be unlikely to trigger warnings—since their digital signature is not modified. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Skype, Slack, other Electron-based apps can be easily backdoored," 7 Aug. 2019 In that regard, the program could work in practice like a backdoor deportation mechanism for Hondurans and Salvadorans and an alternative to releasing them into the interior of the United States. — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, "Trump officials signed a major immigration deal with Guatemala. Now they’re selling it to Guatemalans.," 1 Aug. 2019 In the backdoor pilot, a lot was made of the fact that Keri was born and raised in Chicago. — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, "Pearson star Bethany Joy Lenz on the fun of ‘butting heads’ with Gina Torres," 16 July 2019 As the man reached his backdoor, police fired a Taser at him. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, "Man drives onto neighbor’s lawn, threatens neighbor; man challenges police at Home Days: Brook Park police blotter," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'backdoor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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backdoor
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of backdoor
: done in a secret or indirect way
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