Swatting means deceiving emergency services into sending a police or SWAT team to another person's address by making a false report of a serious law enforcement emergency.
Swatting is a dangerous and illegal prank that can have serious consequences.
Examples:
The person was swatting their neighbor as a mean joke.
Swatting is a very bad thing to do.
He got in trouble for swatting someone.
Swatting is not funny at all.
Swatting can get people hurt or in big trouble.
I heard about swatting on the news and it was scary.