BURNER PHONE Definition & Meaning

burner phone

[ bur-ner fohn ]

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noun

Informal.

a disposable cell phone with prepaid service, often used with the intent to temporarily obscure the true identity or contact information of the user: I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.
Members of the cartel used burner phones to evade federal surveillance.
I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of burner phone¹

2000–05; burn ¹( def ) (perhaps in the slang sense “to disclose the identity of”) + -er ¹( def ) + phone ¹( def )

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Silverman asked Baker whether he slipped the burner phone to her at the wake and he denied it.

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I was kicked out of the private messaging group I'd been added to, and my burner phone fell completely silent.

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The two also deleted hundreds of calls and messages to a burner phone.

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He saw the gangs as highly organised, with teenagers starting "work" at 09:00 handed a backpack of drugs, a burner phone, a bike and a knife, all of which were handed back at the end of the "shift".

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Prosecutors said Costanzo and Recio also used sham invoices and a company listing its address as a UPS store to disguise the bribe payments while deleting hundreds of messages and calls to a burner phone.

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