We need another type of social engineer for the country problem, who will be able to direct the social forces of a whole county and relate them to the best interests of State and county.1911, Edwin Lee Earp, The Social Engineer, Eaton & Mains, page 295:
[Pretexting] is one of the critical points for many social engineers. Pretexting involves developing the role the social engineer will play for the attack on the company. Will the social engineer be a customer, vendor, tech support, new hire, or something equally realistic and believable?2010, Christopher Hadnagy, Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, John Wiley, unpaginated page:
social engineer
verb
Etymology social + engineer.
1
To achieve or access by means of social engineering.
Leon social engineered his way into our corporate intranet.
What was also prevalent was a Fabian-type view of socialism that it could be administered, even social engineered into existence.2018, John Astley, The Role of Social Science in the Education of Professional Practitioners, Routledge, →ISBN:
One who engages in social engineering.