Use stole in a sentence. 1  a long, robelike outer garment worn by matrons in ancient Rome. 2  a long, decorated strip of cloth worn around the neck or over one shoulder by officiating clergy of various churches. 3  a woman's long scarf of cloth or fur worn around the shoulders.
A threat, in the context of computer security, refers to anything that has the potential to cause serious harm to a computer system. A threat is something that may or may not happen, but has the potential to cause serious damage. Threats can lead to attacks on computer systems, networks and more.
1 gunboat diplomacy - Foreign policy carried out with the backing of the threat or use of military force. 2  ostrichism - Self-delusion, a refusal to cope with something, such as a threatâfiguratively hiding one's head in the sand, as the animal is mistakenly thought to do.  threat - A word for a throng or crowd of people.