computer crime

American  

noun

1. unauthorized use of a computer for personal gain, as in the illegal transfer of funds or to alter the data or property of others.

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Other Word Forms

• computer criminal
  noun

Etymology

Origin of computer crime

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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computer crime

Police arrested the pair on charges of violating the country's computer crime law last month after raiding their homes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

Thai authorities have also increasingly used the country's computer crime laws to prosecute those who've posted critical comments on social media.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2023

Espinosa denied that he was responsible for the video and says he was the victim of "computer crime."

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2022

That may be an overreach, said Orin Kerr, a University of California, Berkeley professor who focuses on computer crime law.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

Or they have been the target of any computer crime for that matter.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn