code grabber

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code grabber (plural code grabbers)

  1. An electronic device used to intercept passcodes illicitly as they are transmitted.
    • 1995, Consumer Electronics in Review:
      New alarm systems foil code grabbers by using sophisticated algorithms to prevent a remote from transmitting the same code twice.