cybercrime

or cy·ber crime

[sahy-ber-krahym]

noun

criminal activity or a crime that involves the Internet, a computer system, or computer technology: identity theft, phishing, and other kinds of cybercrime.

Origin of cybercrime

First recorded in 1990–95; cyber- + crime

Related formscy·ber·crim·i·nal [sahy-ber-krim-uh-nl] /ˈsaɪ bərˌkrɪm ə nl/, noun, adjective

Word story

See Internet.

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Examples from the Web for cybercrime

Contemporary Examples of cybercrime

The cybercrime organization can access virtually ‘unlimited’ proceeds.
The ATM Heist: How Did the ‘Casher’ Crew Do It?
Michael Daly
May 11, 2013
“In the place of guns and masks, this cybercrime organization used laptops and the Internet,” Lynch elaborated.
The ATM Heist: How Did the ‘Casher’ Crew Do It?
Michael Daly
May 11, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for cybercrime

cybercrime

noun

the illegal use of computers and the internet

crime committed by means of computers or the internet

Derived Formscybercriminal, noun

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