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electronic crime
noun
, Digital Technology.
- any criminal activity involving the use of computers, as the illegal transfer of funds from one account to another or the stealing, changing, or erasing of data in an electronic data bank.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of electronic crime1
First recorded in 1965–70
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