0 the action of making a false report of a serious emergency so that a SWAT team (= a group of officers trained to deal with dangerous situations) will go to a person's home, by someone who wants to frighten, upset, or cause problems for that person:
Swatting involves placing a hoax emergency call to draw a strong police response to an address.
The man who allegedly placed the "swatting" call has been arrested.
It was only a matter of time before swatting would cost someone their life.
