Word for Using Someone’s WiFi Without Consent

word-request

Is there a word or phrase that means "use other people's wifi or Internet service without consent"? I think some people are able to use other people's wifi without consent even if they're password protected, is there a word that means exactly that? I don't know any word used to say that.

Best Answer

One word used is piggybacking, given by Wikipedia as

Piggybacking on Internet access is the practice of establishing a wireless Internet connection by using another subscriber's wireless Internet access service without the subscriber's explicit permission or knowledge.

One definition of piggyback given by Lexico is

piggyback
VERB

1.1 Link to or take advantage of (an existing system or body of work)
they have piggybacked their own networks on to the system

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